If you get the following error while trying to connect to your webmail client:
ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server. Query: SELECT "INBOX"
Solution -
The exact error message could be obtained by using below command - tail - f /var/log/maillog
Solution -
The exact error message could be obtained by using below command - tail - f /var/log/maillog
"Error: broken sync positions in index file /home/user/mail/domainname.com/user/dovecot.index" and "Warning: fscking index file /home/user/mail/domainname.com/user/dovecot.index"
Cause: It may be because of the dovecot indexes are corrupted.
1. Delete all files named "dovecot" in the path "/home/user/mail/domainname.com/user" using rm -f dovecot*
OR
2. You can simply rename the dovecot.index page as : mv dovecot.index dovecot.index_bk
Try to access the email that had the error, should have returned to normal.
