[Dovecot] Multiserver config

Andrew Hutchings info at a-wing.co.uk
Tue Jun 7 13:36:20 EEST 2005


Andrew Velikoredchanin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I need use dovecot on 3 servers. Home directory and mail spool shared 
> over NFS in pop3/pop3s only mode (no imap).
> 
> What details for dovecot config need set?
> 
> 
> 
> When I try 2-servers config, some time I get in log:
> 
> Jun  7 04:31:01 cluster2 pop3(andy at atomail.com): IndexID mismatch for 
> binary tree file 
> /home/plasma/andy at atomail.com/mail//.imap/INBOX/.imap.index.tree
> 
> But mail client not show any errors.
> 
> And some time I get dup messages from other server (I keep messages on 
> server).
> 
> Thanks!
> 

It is best to store the indexes on the local servers, in our case 
(similar setup to yours) this is:
default_mail_env = 
maildir:/mailboxes/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/tmp/dovecot/indexes/

Regards
Andrew

-- 
Andrew Hutchings (A-Wing)
Linux Guru - Netserve Consultants Ltd. - http://www.domaincity.co.uk/
Admin - North Wales Linux User Group - http://www.nwlug.org.uk/
BOFH excuse 327: The POP server is out of Coke


More information about the dovecot mailing list