I'm still in the "what's wrong" stage of figuring out what's going on. But I've got a mail user who isn't getting new messages. Postfix accepts it and drops it in the users mbox. [This is verified. If I tail the Mbox, I can see the new messages.] "Mail" will see the messages too. But dovecot doesn't seem to know they exist. I don't think the MBox is corrupt, as I've tossed the first few messages in hopes that it would then read the rest, but no luck. Any ideas where to look next, what I might do to force dovecot to forget message ID's etc - that might force it to read the whole mailbox file again? [Or a pointer as to where it might be most productive to poke next?] TIA -Greg -- Gregory Sloop, Principal: Sloop Network & Computer Consulting 503.251.0452 x121 Voice | 503.251.0452 Fax www.sloop.net mailto:gregs at sloop.net
On Tuesday, April 30 at 08:04 AM, quoth Gregory Sloop:> Any ideas where to look next, what I might do to force dovecot to > forget message ID's etc - that might force it to read the whole > mailbox file again?Find the dovecot.index files for that mbox and delete them. They will be re-generated from the contents of the mbox. ~Kyle -- If man was meant to be nude, he would have been born that way. -- Oscar Wilde -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 842 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20130430/56e7b71f/attachment.bin>
Hi? Gregory Sloop, check your mailbox/maildir? setting in dovecot configuration. ? Regard's Ravi Kanchan Sharma Sr. System Administrator Infinite Computer Solutions (I) Ltd. Bglr. Mo. 9997154666 ? ________________________________ From: Gregory Sloop <gregs at sloop.net> To: dovecot at dovecot.org Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 8:34 PM Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecot vs MBox I'm still in the "what's wrong" stage of figuring out what's going on. But I've got a mail user who isn't getting new messages. Postfix accepts it and drops it in the users mbox. [This is verified. If I tail the Mbox, I can see the new messages.] "Mail" will see the messages too. But dovecot doesn't seem to know they exist. I don't think the MBox is corrupt, as I've tossed the first few messages in hopes that it would then read the rest, but no luck. Any ideas where to look next, what I might do to force dovecot to forget message ID's etc - that might force it to read the whole mailbox file again? [Or a pointer as to where it might be most productive to poke next?] TIA -Greg -- Gregory Sloop, Principal: Sloop Network & Computer Consulting 503.251.0452 x121 Voice | 503.251.0452 Fax www.sloop.net mailto:gregs at sloop.net
On 2013-04-30 11:04 AM, Gregory Sloop <gregs at sloop.net> wrote:> I'm still in the "what's wrong" stage of figuring out what's going on. > > But I've got a mail user who isn't getting new messages. > > Postfix accepts it and drops it in the users mbox. [This is verified. > If I tail the Mbox, I can see the new messages.]Basic troubleshooting etiquette requires some minimal info from you, like: doveconf -n output postconf -n output and most importantly, logs from a transaction exhibiting the problem. It is not enough for you to just say what you saw in the logs, or how your system is configured, you must provide proof/evidence. -- Best regards, Charles