I cannot find any such file. I tried deleting the personal.idx file and it did not work. I have been gradually rebuilding mailboxes and that seems to do the trick, albeit a very tedious process. I have had over a dozen report the problem, God only knows how many more there are. The corruption appears to be a result of incomplete messages in the file. A lot of lines that only read "From <email_address> date and time" and nothing else. If I copy and paste what complete messages there are into a clean mailbox and and then overwrite the three "Main" files (as someone suggested earlier), it reports the correct size or at least close enough and does not increase in size with every login.
The dictionary attack that our server went through has seemed to cease. There are no longer thousands of messages in the spool file (Thank God). However, I am still getting a few hundred undeliverables piling up in this folder. I have come to the conclusion that my root/postmaster account is not functioning properly. The reason I believe this is that I am not getting any virus alerts since the attack. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Do I need to re-create the postmaster alias or is there something else I need to do? Help, please. Thanks, Ron -----Original Message----- From: Eric Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 1, 2003 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Mailbox size not correctly reported (was loads of mail in spool) Try delete the mailbox.idx file. Il should solve the reported value. Eric H�bert Intrasoft Solutions Int'l T:(450)581-2297 F:(450)581-3815 Web: www.intrasoft.net -----Original Message----- From: Katie La Salle-Lowery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] Mailbox size not correctly reported (was loads of mail in spool) I was referring to the mailbox size not being correctly reported (in webmail). However, now that you mention it, I think a "me too" applies with regard to dictionary attack as well. I wondering if Ipswitch might be working on a fix I was referring to [1]. ~Katie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] loads of mail in spool >I've had this problem. I've seen enough frequency of this problem >being posted to the list (and I don't mean that as a complaint) that I >wonder if Ipswitch might be working on something to prevent such >occurences. Which of the 4 problems? [1] The problem with the mailbox size not being reported correctly (the one you *should* be referring to), [2] The other problem the user had, with WebShield's horrible logging and naming causing problems, [3] "Loads of mail in spool" (the subject, which doesn't appear to be relevant), or [4] the dictionary attack? This thread is worse than usual because it started out with a most likely invalid "me too", followed by a vague "me too." -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
