Courier-imap + Postfix problem

Tue Jun 22 07:02:32 PDT 2004

Thanks. But now i'm back in the dark. Does anyone have any
idea what the source of my errors in maillog could be? To
recap, i'm running postfix and courier-imap and i'm getting
errors as follows:

maillog:

Any info would be great!

Thanks
Gareth

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:12:44 -0400
 Andy Harrison <aharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:27:52 +0200, Gareth Bailey
> <blygar1 at webmail.co.za> wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, i haven't got any responses regarding this post,
> but i
> > have found what i think might be causing the problem.
> > 
> > I setup my server with the hostname "berkeley" and
> > installed everything i needed including postfix and
> > courier-imap. I have since changed the hostname to
> "server"
> > which was the name of my previous 5.2 release server (i
> had
> > problems with the new berkeley hostname.) Anyway, i see
> in
> > the output of postconf that there are two settings that
> > appear to be dependent on the hostname, namely:
> > 
> > berkeley_db_create_buffer_size=16777216 and
> > berkeley_db_read_buffer_size=131072
> > 
> > Since the hostname changed to "server", shouldn't these
> now
> > be server_db_create_buffer_size=16777216 and
> > server_db_read_buffer_size=131072??
> > 
> > If so:
> > 
> > 1:)Could this be the source of my errors appearing in
> >    maillog(see below)?
> > 
> > 2:)What do i need to do? - Reinstall postfix?
> > 
> > Please advise,
> > 
> > King regards
> > Gareth
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >This problem has to do with my
> > >mail setup. I'm running postfix MTA and courier-imap
> > >server.
> > >
> > >My maillog file is filled with messages like the
> > following:
> > >
> > ><Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Failed to create
> cache
> > >file: maildirwatch (fre
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Error: Input/output
> > error
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Check for proper
> > >operation and configuration
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: of the File Access
> > >Monitor daemon (famd).
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Failed to create
> cache
> > >file: maildirwatch (fre
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Error: Input/output
> > error
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Check for proper
> > >operation and configuration
> > >Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: of the File Access
> > >Monitor daemon (famd).>
> > >
> > >I'm not too sure where to start - i suspect that
> whatever
> > >is trying to create the cache file doesn't have the
> > >neccesary permissions. If so, what is the location of
> this
> > >cache file?  Otherwise, any other suggestions would be
> > most
> > >welcome.
> 
> berkeley is also a database file format...
> 
> 
> -- 
> Andy Harrison

_____________________________________________________________________
For super low premiums ,click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote