On Nov 24, 2007 4:13 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kyle Wheeler wrote: > > On Friday, November 23 at 01:53 PM, quoth Erick Perez: > >> Hi all, > >> I have a locking problem in a Centos 4.4 linux machine with the > >> following config: > >> dovecot-0.99.11-8.EL4 > > > > The problem is quite likely one that was fixed in more recent versions > > of dovecot. Versions 0.99.x are extremely old (to the point of nearly > > being an entirely different product from Dovecot 1.0). > > > >> then someone told me that I need to change dovecot to maildir format. > >> Is there a reference to change format? > >> Or some comments about this? > > > > Dovecot 0.99.x's Maildir support may have been better than its mbox > > support, but that's a bad reason to convert all your mail storage. If > > you update your Dovecot to a non-antique version, chances are you'll fix > > your problem with much less effort. > > > > If for some reason you are completely stuck with 0.99.x, then yes, > > changing to Maildir format is pretty easy, and there are plenty of > > conversion scripts out there in the world. Just ask Google. Keep in mind > > if the real problem is some bug in Centos that prevents Dovecot from > > using locks, then the Maildir conversion may not help much, because > > Maildir (in Dovecot) uses locks as well. > > why lock? > > anyway, the problem should be solved because postfix won't need to lock > the file. >
Please see my new post where I posted my dovecot.conf config file. This is my production server and I dont have a spare, so I dont want to break auth if i upgrade. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Erick Perez Panama Sistemas Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos Panama, Republica de Panama Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 ------------------------------------------------------------
