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I’ve got the following error message on Debian Linux (6.0) with Courier IMAP server:

Filesystem notification initialization error -- contact your mail
administrator (check for configuration errors with the FAM/Gamin library)

when I tried to access a IMAP share. The resaon for the problem seems to be that the “fam” package was not working correctly. The solution is to install the gamin package which can replace fam in a courier setup:

apt-get install gamin

Dont worry when you get a message from apt that libfam0 gets uninstalled but is required by courier. This had no geative effects on my server.

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1. alin says:

   July 12, 2012 at 8:49 am

   checked… is working after your ideea… thx

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2. igor says:

   July 17, 2012 at 8:41 am

   worked as well on my side.

   installed gamin and restarted courier – since then our Outlook clients don’t have any problems anymore.

   thx for the tip

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3. Aksels says:

   August 1, 2012 at 9:41 am

   Had that issue, too. Switched to gamin, error in Mail-Client went away. But under some circumstances, gamin blocks some files. You see courier authenticating the user in the logs, but the Mail-Client sais: no response from server” (sth similar). You can not access your mails, until you kill the gam_server process for that particular user.
   I am not sure, when or why this happens, but it affects the users with the biggest mailboxes here from time to time (several GB).

   Sincerly,
   Aksels

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4. ondra says:

   September 4, 2012 at 12:49 am

   I have some problem.
   I was apply:
   apt-get install gamin
   bat no effect.
   When I use:
   apt-get install fam
   and reinstal courier all works OK.

   PS: sorry for my english

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   • Bartek says:

     October 8, 2012 at 10:58 am

     Hello, I have the same as ondra:
     apt-get install gamin no effect
     But apt-get install fam
     install fam and remove courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-ssl gamin libgam0
     After that I install again courier:
     apt-get install courier-base courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-ssl
     and that works for me.
     Thanks for your post.
     Best wishes
     Bartek

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5. Francesco says:

   December 19, 2012 at 2:27 pm

   Fixed installing the gamin library:

   #aptitude install gamin

   It will ask to remove libfam0. I remove it with no problems. Imap is fixed.

   Thanks for your post.
   Best wishes
   Francesco

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6. valar says:

   February 8, 2013 at 10:25 pm

   Really works!

   Thanks for the advice!

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7. Klaus says:

   April 17, 2013 at 9:58 am

   Thank you.

   It Works.

   Klaus

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8. Victor says:

   April 20, 2013 at 9:22 pm

   Thanks Man… works 4 me….

   Thanks a lot!

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