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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Email broken Post 302480564 by timgolding on Wednesday 15th of December 2010 09:25:23 AM

12-15-2010

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Email broken

Hi my email appears to be broken. Well the whole server is barley responding. I can log in through ssh and look at the system.log file

Code:

sudo tail -f -n 1000 /var/log/system.log

When i do this the errors being recorded is off the scale. E.g 100's of entries per second. The errors are complaing about the database. And nobody can connect to the server. Here is some of the log

Code:

Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2207]: auxpropfunc error generic failure 
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2207]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Cannot allocate memory
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2207]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2207]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost master[427]: service imap pid 2207 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2211]: auxpropfunc error generic failure 
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2211]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Cannot allocate memory
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2211]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2211]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost master[427]: service imap pid 2211 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2212]: auxpropfunc error generic failure 
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2212]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: Cannot allocate memory
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2212]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/mailboxes.db: cyrusdb error
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost imap[2212]: Fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost master[427]: service imap pid 2212 in READY state: terminated abnormally
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost lmtpunix[2210]: auxpropfunc error generic failure 
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost lmtpunix[2210]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/deliver.db: Cannot allocate memory
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost lmtpunix[2210]: DBERROR: opening /var/imap/deliver.db: cyrusdb error
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost lmtpunix[2210]: FATAL: lmtpd: unable to init duplicate delivery database
Dec 15 14:07:40 localhost master[427]: service lmtpunix pid 2210 in READY state: terminated abnormally

I can see there's something wrong with email but what should i do about it.

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dohash

dohash(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 dohash(8)

NAME

       dohash, undohash - Hashes or unhashes IMAP configuration directories

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/dohash [-f] [-h] [-i]

       /usr/sbin/undohash

OPTIONS

       The  following  options	are  available	only for the dohash command: Forces the hashing process to continue even if the command encounters
       errors.	Prints a usage message for the command.  Runs the hashing process interactively.

DESCRIPTION

       The dohash command converts the IMAP configuration directories from the format for older versions of the Cyrus IMAP4 Revision 1	server	to
       the new format for Version 1.6.1 or higher.

       Starting  with Version 1.6.1 of the server, the IMAP user files in the quota and user directories are stored in a through z subdirectories,
       sorted by the first character of each user name. This arrangement reduces the number of entries	in  a  given  directory  and  consequently
       increases  performance  and  scalability.   The	dohash command creates the a through z subdirectories and sorts the existing IMAP files as
       described; the undohash command reverses this process, in case you need to revert to a previous version of the server.

       You can optionally sort the users' directories in the IMAP mail spool in the same manner if you enable  the  hashimapspool  option  in  the
       /etc/imapd.conf file before invoking the dohash command. See imapd.conf(4) for more information.

       Note  that  you must be logged in as the imap user to use the dohash command; otherwise, the newly-created subdirectories will not have the
       proper ownership.

EXAMPLES

       The following example shows output from the dohash command: # /usr/sbin/dohash configuration directory /var/imap...  hashing user directory
       hashing quota directory done hashing

       In  this  example, the configuration directory is /var/imap; therefore, you could check that the dohash command has successfully hashed the
       directories by using the ls command as follows: # ls /var/imap/quota /var/imap/user /var/imap/quota: a  b  c  d	e  f  g  h  i  j  k  l	 m
       n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u	v  w  x  y  z

       /var/imap/user: a  b  c	d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k	l  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u  v  w  x	y  z

       The slash () indicates line continuation.

FILES

       Configuration file for the IMAP server. Specifies the location of the IMAP configuration directory.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: imapd(8)

       Files: imapd.conf(4)

       Network Administration

																	 dohash(8)