Hi, through various trial and errors i've found the solution to my problem, i disabled the mbox_min_index_size, it was set to 200 ( i think i read in some tutorial that this will increase performance)
#mbox_min_index_size = 200 After disabling it the errors stopped though i still have a niggling issue still unresolved Where do the error messages go ??? i read through the debuging tutorial,, the dovecot --log-error command doesn't work,,, or maybe i am not executing it properly # dovecot --log-error Usage: dovecot [-F] [-c <config file>] [-p] [-n] [-a] [--exec-mail <protocol>] [--version] [--build-options] Fatal: Unknown argument: --log-error That is what i get after command execution, how do i find out where the error messages are logged ??? > 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 dovecot.log and maillog > > what i do receive in the log files is > > dovecot: Dec 07 12:55:46 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured > dovecot: Dec 07 12:55:46 Info: IMAP([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Effective uid=500, > gid=500 > dovecot: Dec 07 12:55:46 Info: IMAP([EMAIL PROTECTED]): mbox: > data=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username/Inbox:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username:home=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username/.imap/.imap > dovecot: Dec 07 12:55:46 Info: IMAP([EMAIL PROTECTED]): mbox: > root=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username, > index=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username, > inbox=/var/spool/mail/vmail/domain/username/Inbox > dovecot: Dec 07 12:55:46 Info: IMAP([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Disconnected > > i can't seem to pinpoint what is going wrong, some things to note > > i have existing users who can read email succesfully, its when i create a > new user via postfixadmin, one should note that all directories are > created and owned by vmail whose gid and uid is 500 and for the new users > the directories and mboxes are created succesfully, but even if i copy > over a working inbox of previous user to new user i still get an error so > i don't think it is an mbox formatting issue > > another thing is that i can successfully check mail using mutt facility, > even sending using mail clients (outlook express) is possible > > other configurations that might be helpful > > # dovecot --version > 1.0.rc15 > > #cat /etc/group |grep vmail > dovecot:x:97:vmail > vmail:x:500:dovecot > > # /etc/dovecot.conf > log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log > protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps > ssl_disable: yes > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login > mail_location: > mbox:/var/spool/mail/vmail/%d/%n:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/vmail/%d/%n/Inbox:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/vmail/%d/%n:home=/var/spool/mail/vmail/%d/%n/.imap/.imap > mail_debug: yes > maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes > mbox_min_index_size: 200 > mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 > mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 > auth default: > mechanisms: plain login > passdb: > driver: pam > passdb: > driver: sql > args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf > userdb: > driver: sql > args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf > socket: > type: listen > client: > path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth > mode: 432 > user: postfix > group: postfix > master: > >