Look, I haven't chanced the conf, but I've had these problems since 19.10: May 11 11:11:32 mail dovecot: imap(mac)<1488494><mmGrRmOllcjMehAG>: Error: Mailbox Trash: copy: i_stream_read(/var/spool/mail/mac) failed: Cached message size larger than expected (5548 > 5547, box=INBOX, UID=27882) May 11 11:12:05 mail dovecot: imap(mac)<1488582><XkqwSGOlzcjMehAG>: Error: Corrupted record in index cache file /var/dovecot-index/mac/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: UID 20762: Broken physical size in mailbox INBOX: read(/var/spool/mail/mac) failed: Cached message size larger than expected (5174 > 5173, box=INBOX, UID=20762) May 11 11:12:05 mail dovecot: imap(mac)<1488582><XkqwSGOlzcjMehAG>: Error: Mailbox Trash: copy: i_stream_read(/var/spool/mail/mac) failed: Cached message size larger than expected (5174 > 5173, box=INBOX, UID=20762) May 11 11:27:11 mail dovecot: imap(ariex)<1491563><3ZvEfmOlPBeu2Bgu>: Error: Mailbox Trash: lseek() failed with mbox: Illegal seek May 11 11:42:18 mail dovecot: imap(ariex)<1491563><3ZvEfmOlPBeu2Bgu>: Error: Mailbox Trash: lseek() failed with mbox: Illegal seek May 11 11:57:23 mail dovecot: imap(ariex)<1491563><3ZvEfmOlPBeu2Bgu>: Error: Mailbox Trash: lseek() failed with mbox: Illegal seek May 11 12:05:42 mail dovecot: imap(wstewart)<1499301><8/6ICGSlwswYEDrL>: Error: Next message unexpectedly corrupted in mbox file /var/spool/mail/wstewart at 492309796
Surely something isn't right. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874. On Mon, 11 May 2020, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 11:38:01 -0000 > From: Christian Ehrhardt <1876...@bugs.launchpad.net> > To: nan...@eskimo.com > Subject: [Bug 1876537] Re: dovecot eating mail indexes /var/dovecot-index/user > > I'm wondering about the temper here, you got three responses in four days. > Where is that a lack of attention or "being ignored". > > All I see is: > - Paride was asking for more info than "Something is happening to the > dovecot-index file" which seems fine to me. > - Lucas later marked it invalid after your debugging showed that it doesn't > appear as a bug in the dovecot code or its packaging. > - Rafael tried to explain options if you want a higher support level. You > might not want that, but there is nothing bad in him telling you I'd think. > > Finally you said " I will just compile it myself" - does that imply there is > indeed a fix that makes it handle corrupted inboxes more gracefully? If so > could you point to a commit or upstream discussion. > I'm asking as we are most likely going to bump 2.3.7.2 to 2.3.10 this cycle > and if your fix is upstream we should get it by that for Ubuntu 20.10 and > later. But furthermore the questions will then become if there is an isolated > fix that is SRU-backportable - so if you have identified one please let us > know. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876537 > > Title: > dovecot eating mail indexes /var/dovecot-index/user > > Status in dovecot package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > I will get reports of users being able to connect, authenticate, but > then not have any mail > available when there is new mail in their INBOX. Something is happening to > the dovecot-index file > for that user because deleting it restores their ability to get mail. > > I have never had this happen before in six years of using dovecot, it > is only since upgrade > to 20.04 that this started happening. I made no local conf changes. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 > Package: dovecot-core 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3 [modified: > lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service] > Uname: Linux 5.6.0 x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: skip > Date: Sat May 2 17:23:01 2020 > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm-color > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: dovecot > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/+bug/1876537/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876537 Title: dovecot eating mail indexes /var/dovecot-index/user To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/+bug/1876537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs