[Dovecot] Mailbox isn't a valid mbox file

[Timo Sirainen]

On 28.3.2007, at 23.45, Jay Chandler wrote:

> Keep getting this error within Squirrelmail (and other clients) on  
> one particular user's mailbox file:
>
> ERROR: Could not complete request.
> Query: SELECT "INBOX.Backup"
> Reason Given: Mailbox isn't a valid mbox file
> I've snipped the first and last message off of it, still no love.
> mailserver# cat FILE | od -c | less
> 0000000    F   r   o   m       p   r   o   m   o   t   i   o   n    
> s   @
> 0000020    e   m   e   s   s   a   g   e   .   c   i   s   c    
> o   .   c
>
> So apparently there isn't a control character in the first message  
> that'd be causing this either.

Show me the whole From line? The timestamp is probably in a format  
that Dovecot doesn't recognize.

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