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On 18 October 2018 at 14:31 Albert Whale <
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HELP, I have experience an issue with the long running IMAP service using
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Dovecot 2.1.15.
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I have replaced the interface cards (suspected failure), and I have only
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recently been able to retrieve my Inbox (1.45GB) via POP3 protocol (I
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normally run IMAP)
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I am suspecting a corrupted dovecot.index, but which one? I have counted
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260 files in my IMAP tree with the word dovecot.
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I cannot determine which folder is corrupted with 2.1.5 even with the Mail
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Debug option.
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How can I recover the use of my IMAP configuration?
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Thank you.
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If you are using maildir format it should be safe to rm all dovecot.index* files.
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It can cause your mailbox some initial performance problems if you have a large mailbox.
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<br>Aki Tuomi
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