Re: inbox corruption by iphone

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I am on Freebsd, and I needed to do nothing more than pkg delete the uw
version and then pkg add panda-imap. So far, so good, lets see if this goes
better or if I will need to investigate other options.

Brian

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 7:59 AM, David B Funk <[email protected]> wrote=
:

> Have you tried the "Panda IMAP" distro?
> https://github.com/jonabbey/panda-imap
>
> The mailbox locking problem can be avoided by using an alternate form of
> mailbox (such as MIX) instead of the traditional mbox. Of course this won=
't
> work in an environment that requires local direct access to the mailbox b=
y
> non-C-client aware mail clients. If you can switch to MIX format there ar=
e
> many advantages (performance, scale-ability, backup facilitation, etc).
> However if you do switch to MIX be -sure- to run the Panda distro, there
> were some unfixed bugs in the UW-imap distro that can bite you.
>
> After Mark left UW he started his own company with a fork of the UW-imap
> which he called "Panda" and then started developing a commercial product
> from there.
>
> He kept Panda alive and semi-open sourced, making bug-fixes and adding
> some small improvements (I know from conversations I had with him in '09
> about a UW-imap bug I found/fixed ). He made it available to people who
> explicitly asked him for it.
>
> After his death people took the last known version of Panda and turned it
> into a github project and made additional improvements to it (I contribut=
ed
> one of them ;).
>
>
>
> On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, brian wrote:
>
> as expected, thanx for confirming.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On 8/1/2015 1:25 AM, Chris Bunch wrote:
>>
>>> I have been running a UW_IMAP server  on Mac OS X mainly for family
>>> accounts for around 12 years. We are all Mac/iOS users: we noted early =
on
>>> that UW_IMAP doesn't cope well with more than one client logged into an
>>> account at the same time. When the most any of us had was two machines
>>> (home/office or home/laptop) that was relatively easy to manage but whe=
n
>>> iOS came along(iPhones, iPads) came along things began to unravel and t=
he
>>> situation became unworkable. iPhones never stayed in sync with the serv=
er,
>>> though I have not seen the specific corruption you mention.
>>>
>>> I am now in the process of transferring family accounts to Fastmail and
>>> am setting up Dovecot on Linode/Ubuntu for a few other accounts I manag=
e.
>>> Sadly, UW_IPAD=E2=80=99s future died with Mark Crispin.
>>>
>>> C
>>> ________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 Jul 2015, at 08:57, brian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of the users on my freebsd server that runs uw imap has an
>>>> intermittent problem with inbox corruption. Is a fix planned? I see ot=
hers
>>>> have had this issue already. I am essentially seeing this
>>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D557103 though on
>>>> Freebsd.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>
> --
> Dave Funk                                  University of Iowa
> <dbfunk (at) engineering.uiowa.edu>        College of Engineering
> 319/335-5751   FAX: 319/384-0549           1256 Seamans Center
> Sys_admin/Postmaster/cell_admin            Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I am on Freebsd, and I needed to do nothing more than pkg =
delete the uw version and then pkg add panda-imap. So far, so good, lets se=
e if this goes better or if I will need to investigate other options.<div><=
br></div><div>Brian</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 7:59 AM, David B Funk <span dir=3D"ltr=
">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">dbfunk@ic=
aen.uiowa.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Have =
you tried the &quot;Panda IMAP&quot; distro?<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/jonabbey/panda-imap" rel=3D"noreferrer" targe=
t=3D"_blank">https://github.com/jonabbey/panda-imap</a><br>
<br>
The mailbox locking problem can be avoided by using an alternate form of ma=
ilbox (such as MIX) instead of the traditional mbox. Of course this won&#39=
;t work in an environment that requires local direct access to the mailbox =
by non-C-client aware mail clients. If you can switch to MIX format there a=
re many advantages (performance, scale-ability, backup facilitation, etc).<=
br>
However if you do switch to MIX be -sure- to run the Panda distro, there we=
re some unfixed bugs in the UW-imap distro that can bite you.<br>
<br>
After Mark left UW he started his own company with a fork of the UW-imap wh=
ich he called &quot;Panda&quot; and then started developing a commercial pr=
oduct from there.<br>
<br>
He kept Panda alive and semi-open sourced, making bug-fixes and adding some=
 small improvements (I know from conversations I had with him in &#39;09 ab=
out a UW-imap bug I found/fixed ). He made it available to people who expli=
citly asked him for it.<br>
<br>
After his death people took the last known version of Panda and turned it i=
nto a github project and made additional improvements to it (I contributed =
one of them ;).<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, brian wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
as expected, thanx for confirming.<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
On 8/1/2015 1:25 AM, Chris Bunch wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have been running a UW_IMAP server=C2=A0 on Mac OS X mainly for family ac=
counts for around 12 years. We are all Mac/iOS users: we noted early on tha=
t UW_IMAP doesn&#39;t cope well with more than one client logged into an ac=
count at the same time. When the most any of us had was two machines (home/=
office or home/laptop) that was relatively easy to manage but when iOS came=
 along(iPhones, iPads) came along things began to unravel and the situation=
 became unworkable. iPhones never stayed in sync with the server, though I =
have not seen the specific corruption you mention.<br>
<br>
I am now in the process of transferring family accounts to Fastmail and am =
setting up Dovecot on Linode/Ubuntu for a few other accounts I manage. Sadl=
y, UW_IPAD=E2=80=99s future died with Mark Crispin.<br>
<br>
C<br>
________________________<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 22 Jul 2015, at 08:57, brian &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
One of the users on my freebsd server that runs uw imap has an intermittent=
 problem with inbox corruption. Is a fix planned? I see others have had thi=
s issue already. I am essentially seeing this <a href=3D"https://bugs.debia=
n.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D557103" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bla=
nk">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D557103</a> though o=
n Freebsd.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
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#include &lt;std_disclaimer.h&gt;<br>
Better is not better, &#39;standard&#39; is better. B{</font></span></block=
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