[Dovecot] Sync errors trying to sync old mbox inboxes to dovecot

Michael Smith msmith at giganews.com
Tue Apr 16 19:01:34 EEST 2013


Timo,

Just checking if you've had a chance to identify the problem.  Yesterday I saw a patch for multipart messages.  Was this related, or a separate issue?

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Michael Smith


-----Original Message-----
From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss at iki.fi] 
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Michael Smith
Cc: 'dovecot at dovecot.org'
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Sync errors trying to sync old mbox inboxes to dovecot

Yes, I can reproduce it now. I'll try to get it fixed on Monday.

On 12.4.2013, at 21.13, Michael Smith <msmith at giganews.com> wrote:

> Timo,
> 
> Any luck reproducing the sync error with the updated/correct mbox file?
> 
> --
> Michael Smith
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Michael Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:52 PM
> To: 'Timo Sirainen'
> Cc: 'dovecot at dovecot.org'
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Sync errors trying to sync old mbox inboxes to dovecot
> 
> It shouldn't.  Part of the migration is to remove any existing dovecot mailbox for the user.  It does this by deleting the entire user's directory.
> 
> I just downloaded the file and checked.  Oops, looks like I grabbed the post dsync mirror file.
> 
> I've uploaded the correct file (pre dsync mirror).  Downloaded it and confirmed I'm getting the following error on dsync mirror.
> 
> dsync(webmail): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/webmail/inbox: seq=4482 uid=4482 uid_broken=0 originally needed 10 bytes, now needs 12 bytes
> 
> 
> --
> Michael Smith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss at iki.fi] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:05 PM
> To: Michael Smith
> Cc: 'dovecot at dovecot.org'
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Sync errors trying to sync old mbox inboxes to dovecot
> 
> On 9.4.2013, at 1.41, Michael Smith <msmith at giganews.com> wrote:
> 
>> I tried importing the anonymized file, and there were no errors.  So, it's something with the actual data.  UTF-8 issues?
>> 
>> While I can't send you a raw customer's mailbox, one of the failures is a 'role' account mailbox, with no critical/useful data in it.
>> 
>> Here is a link (expires in 30 days) to download the mailbox, it's 107M.
>> https://truck.it/p/HNlzl9hWbO
>> 
>> The error I'm getting is 
>> dsync(webmail): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/webmail/inbox: seq=4482 uid=4482 uid_broken=0 originally needed 10 bytes, now needs 12 bytes
> 
> I can't reproduce with that file, dsync succeeds without errors. Maybe the problem requires something specific in the index files also?
> 
> 



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