similar to: file lock on 1.0 stable

Hi i am using dovecot 1.0 stable no SSL on FC3 and mbox format i have a user who seem prone to file locks. he had a pop3 process running for 8 hours. i killed it and deleted the lock but it returned a few hour later. the user is using Outlook express only. as a test i have setup a new account for him but would like to know if there is a way to stop this happening. i have gone thru the conf and

Hi should this worry me dovecot: POP3(chelan): file mail-index-view-sync.c: line 60 (view_sync_get_expunges): assertion failed: (ret == 0) using mbox format under /var/spool/mail/ Mark -- Obantec Support www.obantec.net 0845 458 3121 WebHosting and Domains Nominet UK Member & IPStag Holder CentralNic Accredited Reseller

Hi I am trying to install 1.0 stable from source on a test server running 0.99 on FC3. i did basic ./configure etc and get this result Jul 13 17:24:26 proteus4 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0-stable starting up Jul 13 17:24:35 proteus4 dovecot: POP3(obantec): open(/var/spool/mail/.temp.proteus4.4485.e3eec7b26a559bac) failed: Permission denied Jul 13 17:24:35 proteus4 dovecot: POP3(obantec):

Hi I upgraded to 1.0 stable and saw this in the maillog UIDs broken with partial sync in mbox file /var/spool/mail/thejohns_brian i am using mbox files with default_mail_env = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u Is this a problem that i should worry about? Mark

Hi my last post got no replies so i am trying again. FC3 dovecot 1.0 stable, 1 user has a lock file using mbox under /var/spool/mail/username from the lock file the pid files are File Descriptor Type File size Inode Path Current dir Directory 4096 6426371 /home/domain/domain127 Root dir Directory 4096 2 / Program code Regular file 1212428 1229832

Hi 1 user has a file username.lock with this inside 30457:proteus2a.obantec.net proteus2a.obantec.net is the server. no mail is being delivered to username (mbox style in /var/spool/mail/username) there looks to be 66+ emails in the queue "sending" most to his account. Dovecot 1.0 stable on FC3 Mark

Hi Just u/g to RH FC3 from RH8.0 which seemed to work fine with quotas. I have quotas for usernames set up as /home/domain/domainX/username/ for web space 50MB say 48MB used so 2MB free and /var/mail/spool/username for email. 100MB (60MB used so 40MB is available). /var/mail/username is symbolic linked via to spool/mail under /var dovecot seems to be using the quota for /home/.. and sees

Hello all, I'm using dovecot version 1.07 on CentoOS 5 (clone of RHEL 5). When there is no existing mbox file for a user in /var/mail I get the following error: --------------- Jul 31 16:32:32 newnewton dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<testm2>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured Jul 31 16:32:32 newnewton dovecot: IMAP(testm2): open(/var/mail/testm2,

Hi dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3 when i create a user account with pop3 email i find that if i don't send and email to the account (so that sendmail creates the file under /var/spool/mail/testuser) where "testuser" is the users username. If the user logs in with Outlook or Outlook express they get an error and maillog shows. Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser):

I have a sendmail/dovecot imap/pop3 system that has been running with the following mail_location: mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/indexes/%u In order to reduce errors and simplify operation I removed imap and am now only responding to pop3. I'd like to also simplify the mail_location to get rid of index errors since I don't need indexes:

I have a sendmail/dovecot imap/pop3 system that has been running with the following mail_location: mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/indexes/%u In order to reduce errors and simplify operation I removed imap and am now only responding to pop3. I'd like to also simplify the mail_location to get rid of index errors since I don't need indexes:

Recently I've made the post about "double homedir" problem, but I couldn't recreate it later. Here're the exact steps to make it happen (configuration is at the bottom): 1) set configuration as below with passwd-files 2) clean testms dir (not necessary though) 3) reload dovecot (HUP is enough) 4) access the server with any client using testms user (make sure no other

Hi Having updated the conf file and done a restart i now see 3 account with problems. Mar 30 12:10:37 proteus2a pop3(campusuk): Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/campusuk Mar 30 13:08:20 proteus2a pop3(tlccoco_003): Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/tlccoco_003 Mar 30 13:16:44 proteus2a pop3(tlccoco_001): Failed to create storage with data:

Hi Are there any know issues with dovecot using pop3 & (Calypso or Opera Mail) ? Jul 11 09:14:47 proteus2a pop3(cambcom_brianlj): File isn't in mbox format: /var/spool/mail/cambcom_brianlj Jul 11 09:14:47 proteus2a pop3(cambcom_brianlj): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Error report written to server log. [2005-07-11 09:14:47 there is a file cambcom_brianlj and using

I have a problem with a physical user that was removed and recreated whith same name and different uid. The home dir, the mailbox file and the index directory where removed and recreated with the new uid/gid. I can feed the mailbox via procmail, though dovecot-lda complains that userids do not match: May 02 15:27:33 lda(alessandro_cmr): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailboxes/alessandro_cmr/INBOX)

Hi We've been using dovecot successufly for few month. Previous setup : solaris 8, postfix+LDA, mbox + index on NFS (Netapp), 2500 accounts Everything shared overs NFS, multiple servers connect to index, mbox. mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/mbox/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes_dovecot/%u We had at first some issue with mbox locking, using lock_method = dotlock solve the issue.

Hi, I am new to this list although i have been using dovecot for some time now, i've come accross this error when a user tries to log in * OK Dovecot ready. 1 login username password 1 OK Logged in. 1 select inbox 1 NO Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2007-12-07 12:51:56] there are no errors reported in the log files related to that issue for both

Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P ermission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file / var/spool/mail/dakota: Permission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P ermission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /

Greetings all. I've been having great difficulty getting Dovecot working. I'm getting stuck with using mbox directories outside of /home. Dovecot keeps giving me this message: imap(ncrosby): Namespace '': stat(/var/logmail/mbox/ncrosby) failed: Permis sion denied (euid=1001(ncrosby) egid=1001(ncrosby) missing +w perm: /var/lo gmail/mbox/ncrosby

2018-01-15 20:14 GMT+01:00 Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:51:12 +0100 > Prunk Dump via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > >> Thank again for your help ! >> >> 2018-01-12 21:26 GMT+01:00 Rowland Penny <rpenny at samba.org>: >> > The problem is, you are thinking in the wrong direction ;-)