I got the suggestion to try with -current. (I should have thought about that myself.) I installed the snapshot from 22-Sep-2014, and there dovecot works fine!
Peter On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 08:36:14PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 02:12:35PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2014/09/23 14:23, [email protected] wrote: > > > > I don't understand how this memory error is possible, since > > > > for this test I am using a completely empty mail directory > > > > in my $HOME, and in /var/mail I have tried both with no > > > > mailbox and with a very small mailbox. Something in the > > > > imap code seems to be running completely astray. > > > > btw there is a bit more explanation of the problem in > > https://www.mail-archive.com/ports%40openbsd.org/msg52650.html, > > it is not in the imap code it's in libc. > > > > Not sure what is up though, as the libc diff I sent should have > > helped .. > > I'm not sure that this bug is my problem really. > If I understand the bug correct it is about nonexistent > users or users with wrong passwords? > But my user account exists, and the password is correct. > > Anyway, thanks for all help! > > Peter
