On Tuesday October 23, 2007 at 11:25:03 (AM) Hal Pomeranz wrote: > > > > >Oct 21 19:36:01 postoffice1 dovecot: POP3(someuser): file mbox- > > > > >sync.c: line 1433 (mbox_sync_handle_eof_updates): assertion failed: > > > > >(file_size >= sync_ctx->expunged_space + trailer_size) > > > > > > > > Does the file have CRLFs as linefeeds instead of plain LFs? CRLF > > > > handling is probably still a bit buggy. > > > > > > The mbox files are standard Unix text, so LF only, right? We haven't > > > turned on the CRLF options in dovecot.conf, that's for sure. > > > > Well, surprise, surprise. The file does have CR-LF line endings, > > and stripping out the CRs seems to make the problem go away. > > I've been thinking about this a little more since yesterday. Is there > a reason why Dovecot shouldn't simply convert CR-LF line endings to LF > on the fly, or at least have a configuration option you can turn on > that will do this? This seems preferrable to blowing up with the error > cited above...
Maybe I am misunderstanding this thread, but aren't CRLF specifically mentioned in RFC822 and other RFCs? -- Gerard
