[Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.0 corrupts mailboxes?

[Morten Stevens]

On 05.05.2013 02:56, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> May  4 20:16:30 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size
> smaller than expected (2000 < 8063)
> May  4 20:16:30 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index
> cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: Broken
> physical size for mail UID 141869
> May  4 20:19:48 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size
> smaller than expected (9711 < 16248)
> May  4 20:19:48 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index
> cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/Arxiv/dovecot.index.cache:
> Broken physical size for mail UID 4383
> May  4 21:14:35 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size
> smaller than expected (1878 < 8066)
> May  4 21:14:35 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index
> cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/CNRS/dovecot.index.cache:
> Broken physical size for mail UID 290
> May  4 21:15:17 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size
> smaller than expected (17285 < 24440)
> May  4 21:15:17 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index
> cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/Commandes/dovecot.index.cache:
> Broken physical size for mail UID 680
>
> Does that ring a bell? I am tempted to downgrade to 2.1.13. Does it
> makes sense? Is it safe to do so?

This bug has been fixed with dovecot 2.1.14.

Please check:
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/0b0399f1b6aa
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-February/088313.html

Best regards,

Morten