IMAP: No access to a mailbox including a lot of mails

Support knowledgebase (kngu_imap_sessiond)
Applies to

SuSE Imap-Server

Cause:

It is impossible to open a mailbox including a lot of mails (as a rule more than 400), resp. you receive a time out. time-out

Solution:

To be able to handle folder with the webinterface including a lot of mails (more than 400) an update of the package sessiond is necessary:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/imap/1.0

The new version is able to allocate the memory dynamically and thus manage information for arbitrary many mails.
For the installation please proceed like described below:

  1. Save the package in /tmp/sessiond.rpm
  2. Stopp the running process
    # rcsessiond stop
  3. Delete the old package
    # rpm -e sessiond
  4. Install the new package
    # rpm -i /tmp/sessiond.rpm
  5. Restart sessiond
    # rcsessiond start
The anew log-on of the user with lots of mails should now be possible without any problem.
Keywords: IMAP, MAIL, POSTFIX, LDAP, MAILBOX

Categories: User

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