From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 15 12:04:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30CE16A402 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl) Received: from psmtp14.wxs.nl (psmtp14.wxs.nl [195.121.247.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CEB513C459 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl) Received: from jerry.offrom.nl (ip5652b794.speed.planet.nl [86.82.183.148]) by psmtp14.wxs.nl (8.13.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2FC42kO027453; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:04:03 +0100 Received: from wiz.offrom.nl (wizvpn.offromvpn.nl [10.8.0.18]) by jerry.offrom.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2FC3x56019202; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:03:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from willy@offrom.nl) Received: from willy by wiz.offrom.nl with local (Exim 4.50) id 1HRogl-00029Y-UY; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:04:11 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:04:11 +0100 From: Willy Offermans To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=E1clav?= Haisman Message-ID: <20070315120411.GA7953@wiz> References: <20070313105155.GA16020@wiz> <45F92E2C.1080406@sh.cvut.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <45F92E2C.1080406@sh.cvut.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90/2840/Thu Mar 15 04:46:20 2007 on jerry.offrom.nl X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on jerry.offrom.nl Cc: imap-use@u.washington.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: imap-uw on FreeBSD 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:05 -0000 On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:29:48PM +0100, Václav Haisman wrote: > Willy Offermans wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD friends, > > > > The following error appears regularly on my FreeBSD 6.2 server called > > sun. The frequency of appearance is higher than on FreeBSD 6.1, where I > > had this error from time to time. The error is not critical, since a > > new instance of the imap program is started upon the crash, I guess. At > > least the client users are not complaining about errors or > > interruptions of the mail client. > > > > Mar 13 09:51:10 sun kernel: pid 46336 (imapd), uid 1012: exited on signal 6 > > Mar 13 09:51:10 sun imapd > > Mar 13 09:51:10 sun in free(): > > Mar 13 09:51:10 sun error: > > Mar 13 09:51:10 sun chunk is already free > > > > I use imap-uw on FreeBSD 6.2. > > > > > I get the same error occasionally, too. It doesn't seem to affect > functionality. > > I advise you against using IMAP UW, unless you know your mailboxes won't > grow beyond just few megabytes or that there will be only few of them. > Their reading and rewriting of whenever you make changes can stress > server quite a lot. Dear Václav Haisman, Thnx for the response. Indeed the error does not seem to affect the functionality. You are right that the imapd starts to consume a significant amount of CPU time. I have noticed this quite recently. Maybe it is about time to move to another imap daemon. I will have a look to this. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, With kind regards, Mit freundlichen Gruessen, De jrus wah, Willy ************************************* W.K. Offermans Home: +31 45 544 49 44 Mobile: +31 653 27 16 23 e-mail: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl Powered by .... (__) \\\'',) \/ \ ^ .\._/_) www.FreeBSD.org