Perl error on inbox

Submitted by anrikun on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 04:34

Whenever I try to list my inbox, I get this error:

Error - Perl execution failed

sdbm store returned -1, errno 9, key "87777_subject" at /usr/share/usermin/mailbox/folders-lib.pl line 804, line 6872.

How to fix this?

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 18:37

Delete all files matching .usermin/mailbox/*index* under your home directory, to clear out any corrupt index files.

Submitted by anrikun on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 04:59

Hi Jamie, thanks for answering.
You mean any file under .usermin/maibox containing "index" in its name, right?
I found these files:
1.byid.index.SERVERNAME.dir
1.byid.index.SERVERNAME.fr.pag
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.dir
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.pag
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir_.sent.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.dir
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir_.sent.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.pag
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir_.spam.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.dir
_home_DOMAIN_homes_USERNAME_Maildir_.spam.byid.findex.SERVERNAME.pag
Should I remove all of them?
Don't these files contain the messages themselves?

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 09:30

That's correct, you can delete all of those files. Those aren't the actual emails, those are just index files containing metadata.

Your actual email is stored in a different directory, the "Maildir" directory.

Submitted by anrikun on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 09:54

It worked.
Thank you so much for your help!