On 2009-03-11, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 11:29 +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote: >> On 2009-03-09, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I have inherited a cyrus / postfix server, which is generally well-behaved. >> >> However, there is an intermittent error when delivering messages to a certain >> >> mailbox. It is infrequent, and generally the message is delievered on the >> >> user's next attempt in his MUA. The log is something like: >> > What format is your mailbox database in? Do you see any concomitant >> > messages in the log? >> Not sure what format it's in - I'm new to Cyrus but I thought it had its own >> format, similar to Maildir? > > Not the mail spool (/var/spool/imap?) but the metadata spool > (/var/lib/imap?). There are multiple databases in the metadata spool, > one of which is the mailbox database that lists the mailboxes, their > ACLs, etc... These databases can be in a variety of formats: skiplist, > berkley db, flat, etc... It is important to see if you have an DBERROR > (berkley) or skiplist error messages in your log as that might relate to > the problem. > > [root@sardine imap]# pwd > /var/lib/imap > [root@sardine imap]# file mailboxes.db > mailboxes.db: Cyrus skiplist DB > Sorry for late response. On this box: root@captain:~# file /srv/mail/config/mailboxes.db /srv/mail/config/mailboxes.db: Cyrus skiplist DB I don't see any skiplist errors in the log - just checkpoints. I can check again next time this issue rears its ugly head. -- Antony ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
