On 07/08/10 23:09, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Kristian Duus Østergaard writes: > >> Hi Berndt, >> >> I have seen the exact same symptoms and think I've finally found the >> cause of the problem. Once in a while netatalk creates an .AppleDouble >> file in my maildir. Courier tries to use this as mailfolder but as it >> does not have the proper structure the imapd process seems to hang >> forever and at the same time looses it's parent process. >> >> So for now deleting the .AppleDouble folder and killing all imapd >> processes with a parent process of 1 which was created by the user with >> the problem, seems to solve the problem. >> >> This is of course a workaround, and I think courier should fail a little >> more gracefully when it encounters bad directories. > > I agree. However I cannot reproduce your problem. Nothing really > happens after I manually create $HOME/Maildir/.AppleDouble file. The > LIST "" "INBOX.%" command does allege that "INBOX.AppleDouble" exists, > but all the IMAP commands I've tried to access that folder come back > with a standard error message, "NO Mailbox does not exist, or must be > subscribed to". > > If you can find out more information as to what specific IMAP commands > result in the server hanging, in this situation, I'm sure it can be > easily fixed. I think that either the Mail.App from OSX or the iPhone Mail client ignores the subscription status and just issues a read of the .AppleDouble folder, so how can I provide you with a more adequate description of what goes on ?
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