[Dovecot] Corrupted transaction log file dovecot.index.log: unexpected end of file while reading header

[Matthias Saou]

Hi,

I'm using dovecot 1.0.0beta3 on a RHEL4 x86_64 server. I'm seeing this
error each and every time a user checks his emails :

Mar 15 18:19:34 s1 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user at domain>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:195.x.x.x, lip=::ffff:195.x.x.x
Mar 15 18:19:34s1 dovecot: pop3(user at domain): Corrupted transaction log file /home/vmail/domain/user/dovecot.index.log: unexpected end of file while reading header
Mar 15 18:19:34 s1 dovecot: pop3(user at domain): Logout. top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/2, size=1213

From my basic testing, this seemed harmless. But after putting this in production, it appears that when emails are retrieved, long ones always get truncated after a few kB, changing attachments into garbage :-(

Has anyone seen this problem before? Any ideas what could be causing this?

Matthias

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