[Dovecot] Sudden IMAP problem - UID Errors

Jamie Heckford jamie at trident-uk.co.uk
Tue Jun 28 16:44:22 EEST 2005


Jamie Heckford wrote:

> BUT (there is always a but!).... yesterday one of our users started 
> complaining that they were having issues with their mail. I checked and 
> although they can still view their IMAP mailbox ok it constantly throws 
> up error messages such as:
> 
> "The UID of a message changed unexpectedly. This typically indicates a 
> server bug. Your program may not function properly after this.
> 
> MsgSeqNum 131: Previous UID: 21402, New UID: 21555
>     Protocol: IMAP"
> 
> and
> 
> "Your server has reported a UID which does not comply with the IMAP 
> standard. This typically indicates a server bug. Your program may not 
> function properly after this."
> 
> This is using Outlook 2003 as the IMAP client, and is only affecting a 
> single user.

Sorted, removing all the .imap.index files in all the folders and 
clearing outlooks cache worked.


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Jamie Heckford
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Trident Microsystems Ltd.

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