I had this problem when my database was corrupt. You can check this with cd /var/lib/mysql/vpopmail myisamchk *.MYI
if any is corrupt, just add -r ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > Hi we've been battling a very strange problem with our server for awhile > now. Periodically when a user tries to send mail (using smtp auth), or > check his/her pop3 box, we get auth failures. What happens is youll have to > auth 3-4 times before it'll actually go through (even though you are > entering the same credentials every time). It is very frustrating. Upon > examining the logs here is what we are getting: > > Aug 21 10:08:04 mail authdaemond: vmysql: sql error[3]: Lost connection to > MySQL server during query > > Now I know the username/pw work to connect to the database because it does > eventually auth. The mysql server is on the same machine as well. Anybody > have any ideas what this could be indicative of? > > Mysql server 4.1.8 > Vpopmail 5.4.10 > > > Thanks, > David > >
