dovecot - Sep 2003 - child 9436 (pop3) killed with signal 11

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Hi!

Suddenly since this afternoon the following happens:

Sep 14 18:16:55 UnseenUniversity pop3-login: Login: gunter [127.0.0.1]
Sep 14 18:16:55 UnseenUniversity pop3(gunter): Corrupted index data file /
home/gunter/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index.data: Field 1 size points outside 
file (205408 / 205376) for record 4662
Sep 14 18:16:55 UnseenUniversity pop3(gunter): Corrupted index data file /
home/gunter/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index.data: Missing location field for 
record 4662
Sep 14 18:16:55 UnseenUniversity dovecot: child 9436 (pop3) killed with signal 
11

I thought dovecot would delete damaged index files but I get this always when 
checking mail for the first time, cheking mail for the second time tells me:

Sep 14 18:18:43 UnseenUniversity pop3-login: Login: gunter [127.0.0.1]
Sep 14 18:18:43 UnseenUniversity pop3(gunter): Corrupted binary tree file /
home/gunter/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index.tree: Invalid used_file_size in 
header (0)

but actually fetches the mail after that.
So what can/should I do? Simply delete the offending index file?

The dovecot version I'm using here is Debian's
ii  dovecot-pop3d  0.99.10-7      A secure POP3 server that supports mbox and
and only it's pop3 part.

Greetings,

  Gunter

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On Sunday, Sep 14, 2003, at 20:10 Europe/Helsinki, Gunter Ohrner wrote:
> I thought dovecot would delete damaged index files
It should rebuild them automatically. I guess there are some situations 
when it fails to do that.
>  but I get this always when
> checking mail for the first time, cheking mail for the second time 
> tells me:
>
> Sep 14 18:18:43 UnseenUniversity pop3-login: Login: gunter [127.0.0.1]
> Sep 14 18:18:43 UnseenUniversity pop3(gunter): Corrupted binary tree 
> file /
> home/gunter/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index.tree: Invalid used_file_size 
> in
> header (0)
>
> but actually fetches the mail after that.
> So what can/should I do? Simply delete the offending index file?
Yes, see if it helps.