> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] Im Auftrag von Arthur > Dent > Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Mai 2014 16:29 > An: dovecot@dovecot.org > Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] Corrupted Mail? > > On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 16:09 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > Am 27.05.2014 16:04, schrieb Arthur Dent: > > > On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 15:44 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > >> Am 27.05.2014 14:56, schrieb Arthur Dent: > > >>> Hello All, > > >>> > > >>> I have a Dovecot v2.2.12 installation running on a Fedora 20 box > > >>> which is the mailserver for my family. This means that it is > > >>> serving only 4 accounts. > > >>> > > >>> I use fetchmail->procmail to feed Dovecot and I read my mail on > > >>> clients such as Evolution on (another) Fedora 20 machine, > > >>> iPad/iPhone or squirrelmail on the web (running on the same Fedora > 20 server). > > >>> > > >>> The average mail throughput for the whole family is around a > > >>> couple of hundred messages per day, but each (and every) day I get > > >>> between 3 and > > >>> 10 of the following messages: > > >>> > > >>> dovecot: imap(mark): Error: Next message unexpectedly corrupted in > > >>> mbox file /home/mark/mail/MLists/Fail2Ban at 3407473: 1 Time(s) > > >>> > > >>> I have googled, but with little success. What I have found seemed > > >>> to suggest that removing the .index files and allowing Dovecot to > > >>> rebuild them will solve this. I did: > > >>> find /home -type f -name "dovecot.index.*" -exec rm -f {} \; but > > >>> it has made no difference. > > >>> > > >>> Can anyone help me solve this please? > > >> > > >> at this small setup simply use maildir as format and use getmail to > > >> fetch, sieve may do sorting > > >> > > >> see > > >> https://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/04/12/abholdienst-fur-mail/ > > >> > > >> sorry german but setup should speak for its own > > >> > > >> getmail does also deliver into maildir directly ( without dovecot > > >> deliver ) if you dont need to sort through sieve > > > > > > Well thanks - but I have been using an mbox setup for about 10 > > > years. It is only since I upgraded to F20 that I have been > > > experiencing this problem. I may look at switching to maildir for > > > the future, but for now that's too big a job... > > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxProblems > > OK - Unless I'm missing something, all that page (which I'd already > read) tells me is that I may have to delete the dovecot.index file(s) - which > I've don (several times). I still have the same problem. Every single day. > > Anything else?
You would *really* not change do Maildir format? It's not so difficult to switch over.. and you will have working and simple mailfolders.. (also backup and restore would be a simple task).. So, why won't you change at all?