On 7.3.2012, at 4.22, Rajesh M wrote: > on server number 1 i get errors as such > Error: fcntl(read-lock) locking failed for file Input/output error > squirrelmail gives error imap connection closed and i am not able to login > > > so i set the parameters as such in the dovecot conf file and the error > stopped > > mmap_disable=yes > dotlock_use_excl = yes > lock_method = dotlock > > can somebody please advise me if the above is correct ?
That should work. > or is it preferred to use fcntl with lockd That would probably be more efficient. > (note that my mailbox is maildir format) The fcntl locking is used for Dovecot index files, not for maildir files.
