imapd signaled to death when server-side sorting on Subject

[Michael Sims]

David Carter wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Michael Sims wrote:
>> My server's vitals:
>>
>> Cyrus IMAP v2.1.18 (I know, I need to upgrade to 2.2.x, haven't had a
>> chance yet) Linux (Red Hat EL 2.1, Kernel 2.4.9-e.27smp)
>>
>> Has anyone seen something similar, or would anyone have any idea
>> where I could start looking?  I tried running a reconstruct on this
>> user's mailbox, but that didn't have any affect.  I'd greatly
>> appreciate any help...
>
> Its a bug in that version of Cyrus. Here's a patch:
>
>    http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/
>      ~dpc22/cyrus/patches/2.1.16/thread-bug.patch

Wow, thanks a million for that!  Apparently it takes a very specific set of
conditions to trigger the bug, because this user is no longer experiencing the
problem.  Nevertheless I will apply this patch ASAP and hopefully I'll not see the
bug again.  I really appreciate your help...