[Dbmail] dbmail-imapd in malloc(): warning: recursive call

[Rick Morris]

Hi,

I installed DBmail 1.2.9 with PostgreSQL support from the FreeBSD ports, 
created the appropriate PostgreSQL database, created a user, created the 
'dbmail' user, etc... and edited /usr/local/etc/dbmail.conf 
appropriately (AFAIK).

I also installed Postfix as the MTA, and it is running fine.

But when I try to run dbmail-imapd, within seconds it spawns so many 
processes that the console starts showing the message "dbmail-imapd in 
malloc(): warning: recursive call" repeatedly. The same thing happens 
when I try dbmail-pop3d. The log fills up with messages like:

Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): child 
[45392] has exited
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45408]: PerformChildTask(): could 
not connect to database
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45410]: CreateChild(): signal 
handler placed, going to perform task now
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): creating 
new child
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: ParentSigHandler(): got 
signal [20]
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: ParentSigHandler(): got 
signal [20]
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): child 
[45394] has exited
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45412]: CreateChild(): signal 
handler placed, going to perform task now
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): creating 
new child
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): child 
[45396] has exited
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45414]: CreateChild(): signal 
handler placed, going to perform task now
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): creating 
new child
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45410]: dbconnect(): PQconnectdb 
failed: FATAL:  sorry, too many clients already
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45410]: PerformChildTask(): could 
not connect to database
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45412]: dbconnect(): PQconnectdb 
failed: FATAL:  sorry, too many clients already
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45416]: CreateChild(): signal 
handler placed, going to perform task now
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): child 
[45398] has exited
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[45412]: PerformChildTask(): could 
not connect to database
Aug  3 01:30:53 bluebox dbmail/imap4d[44728]: StartServer(): creating 
new child


I am running FreeBSD 4.10. I searched the mailling list for similar 
problems and only found one mention of this, in May 2004, with no 
resolution. Any ideas what I can look for?

Regards,

Rick Morris