• Kerio,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server

    Resolving Corrupt journal.db Files in Kerio

    Sometimes it seems like sqlite just isn’t equipped for some tasks. Sometimes it seems like some developers aren’t. Sometimes it ends up being a mystery as to what is really going on behind the scenes. Like watching CNN on a television right next to Fox News at the gym. Both can’t be reality. But what is real, is that journabl.db files get corrupt in Kerio all the time. And the logs often say something about SQLITE_CORRUPT &/or “database disk image is malformed”. To correct, first stop the Kerio server, then nuke the .journal.db file. Assuming the mail store is /usr/local/kerio/mailserver/store/mail on a Mac (swap /usr/local with /opt if using Linux)…