dovecot and broken uidlist

Alessio Cecchi
2021-01-19T09:45:52Z

Hi Maciej,

I had the same issue when I switched dovecot backend from Cento 6 to
Centos 7.

Also my configuration is similar to you, Dovecot Direcot, Dovecot
backend that share Maildir via NFS on NetApp.

For local delivery of emails are you using LDA or LMTP? I'm using LDA.

Let me know.

Thanks

Il 13/01/21 15:56, Maciej Milaszewski ha scritto:
> Hi
> I have been trying resolve my problem with dovecot for a few days and I
> dont have idea....
>
> My environment is: dovecot director+5 dovecot guest
>
> dovecot-2.2.36.4 from source
> Linux 3.16.0-11-amd64
> storage via nfs (NetApp)
>
> all works fine but when I update OS from debian 8 (kernel 3.16.x) to
> debian 9 (kernel 4.9.x ) sometimes I get random in logs:
> Broken dovecot-uidlist
>
> examle:
> Error: Broken file
> /vmail2/po/pollygraf.xxx_pg_pollygraf/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist line 88:
> Invalid data:
>
> (for random users - sometimes 10 error in day per node, some times more)
>
> File looks ok
>
> But if I change kernel to 3.16.x problem with "Broken file
> dovecot-uidlist"? - not exists
> if turn to 4.9 or 5.x - problem exists
>
> I have storage via nfs with opions:
>
rw,sec=sys,noexec,noatime,tcp,hard,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,intr,nordirplus,nfsvers=3,tcp,actimeo=120
> I tested with "nocto" or without "nocto" - nothing
changes ......
>
> nfs options in node:
> mmap_disable = yes
> mail_fsync = always
>
> I bet the configuration is correct and I wonder why the problem occurs
> with other kernels
> 3.x.x - ok
> 4.x - not ok
>
> I check and user who have problem did not connect to another node in
> this time
>
> I dont have idea why problem exists on the kernel 4.x but not in 3.x
>
>
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