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Bug 440212 - mail-mta/exim - R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (27): File too large: error while writing to /var/mail/chkno/inbox
Summary: mail-mta/exim - R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (27): File too large: erro...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Fabian Groffen
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Reported: 2012-10-30 07:14 UTC by chkno
Modified: 2013-03-23 18:26 UTC (History)
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Description chkno 2012-10-30 07:14:50 UTC 
exim-4.77 stopped delivering mail when my inbox reached 2148124249 bytes.

From /var/log/mail.log:
... R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (27): File too large: error while writing to /var/mail/chkno/inbox
... R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (75): Value too large for defined data type: attempting to stat mailbox /var/mail/chkno/inbox

Mail was lost.  :(
Comment 1 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2012-10-30 16:23:42 UTC 
What filesystem is this?  The 2GiB barrier, sounds a lot like you hit a limitation that Exim can't do much about.  emerge --info might be nice here also.