[Dovecot] log contents questions?

[Knute Johnson]

Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 5/23/2008, Knute Johnson (linux at www.knutejohnson.com) wrote:
>  >>> Any ideas what the problem is or how to fix it?
> 
>  >> Output of dovecot -n?
>  >>
>  >> Any additional config parameters? No one here is a mind reader... ;)
> 
>  > Well neither am I.  Why didn't you tell me you wanted that before I
>  > posted.
> 
> No offense intended, but...
> 
> http://www.dovecot.org/mailinglists.html

I probably read that when I signed up for the list a couple of years 
ago, but I forgot.

> It [should be] a given that basic configuration information will most 
> likely be necessary to help you find a problem... no? At least, thats 
> the way its always been on every support list I've ever been on...

You're right!

> Anyway, a quick google finds some hits on this error, so if you had 
> already googled the error (and if you hadn't - shouldn't you have?)...

I didn't have as much luck as you, so thank you for finding the info.

> It appears the consensus is, these errors are harmless and don't impact 
> performance, Timo cannot reporoduce them any longer (since post 1.0 
> release), and he thnks they are fixed in 1.1 version (release imminent).
> 
> One thing I saw suggested was to be sure that no client is accessing the 
> affected maildirs, and delete the indexes manually.

I'll give that a try and see what the log says tomorrow.

> There is also a suggeston that there may be an issue with NFS/Redhat and 
> certain kernel versions...
> 
> Are you using NFS? What version of the Redhat kernel?
> 

No NFS.  2.6.24.7-92.fc8.

Thanks,

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Knute Johnson
linux at www.knutejohnson.com