Greetings, r...@lentil.org! > Andrey Repin wrote: >> > > Apr 7 12:00:21 mxs dovecot: imap(vera): Error: >> > rename(/home/vera/.mail/INBOX/Майя >> > Николаевна/new/1678353168.M710968P25673.mxs.ads.ccenter.lan,S=5442,W=5513:2,ST, >> > /home/vera/.mail/INBOX/Майя >> > Николаевна/cur/1678353168.M710968P25673.mxs.ads.ccenter.lan,S=5442,W=5513:2,ST) >> > failed: Too many links
> Looks like dovecot is trying to move the file from 'new' to 'cur' and failing. > 'new' is where it puts new messages until something reads them and then they > get moved to 'cur'. > What filesystem / OS is it? Ubuntu 18.04 in an LXC container. The underlying storage is a BTRFS subvolume. (Thus the idea that there's not enough directory resources seems implausible, but…) > It seems to point to some problem with the underlying filesystem reaching > some maximum number of > subdirectories or hard links, e.g.: > https://www.nexcess.net/blog/mkdir-too-many-links-what-it-is-and-how-to-fix/ > It is interesting that you use maildir but with LAYOUT=fs No, it really not THAT interesting, as it allows for readable directory structure rather than some UTF-7-encoded garbage. > Also look at: > https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/namespaces/ - as there are some limits > mentioned. > https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_location/Maildir …your reply, and an additional off-list mail of one other list participant, led me to attempt to trigger a maintenance check (dedupe+compact) of the directory in question from the mail client. It resulted in a success, removing a number of duplicated messages and cleaning up stale deleted entries. As a precaution, I asked the owner to run a full mailbox maintenance in their free time. After that was done, I noticed another directory with similar symptoms by additional two error lines in the log, but they never reoccurred. I no longer see the overwhelming spam of these messages in the logs, so I tentatively consider the issue resolved for the time being. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, April 18, 2023 20:14:37 Sorry for my terrible english... _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
