dovecot - Apr 2019 - rsync sdbox, no new mails?

Hello, I had to restore a mailserver from a backup to replace a system 
with problems that is still live. I did a 1:1 restore as far as possible 
from a backup, then rsynced the /var/vmail/ directory, where we have all 
the mailboxes, in sdbox format.
So both directories should be the same. After syncing, I started 
dovecot. I can see the mails until to the point of the backup, but not 
the newer ones ,although they seem to be present in the "cur"
directory.
I thought with sdbox it is all in the index files that have been 
transferred with the mails? Or am I missing a place that has to be synced?

Thank you for hints, Jakob

Forget it,

 ?a) it was maildir (set via a SQL config that overrides the setting in 
10-mail.conf)
b) the client did not display the new messages. All fine.

JC

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 14:45:31 +0200, Jakob Curdes via dovecot
wrote:
> Hello, I had to restore a mailserver from a backup to replace a system 
> with problems that is still live. I did a 1:1 restore as far as possible 
> from a backup, then rsynced the /var/vmail/ directory, where we have all 
> the mailboxes, in sdbox format.
> So both directories should be the same. After syncing, I started 
> dovecot. I can see the mails until to the point of the backup, but not 
> the newer ones ,although they seem to be present in the "cur"
directory.
"cur" is used by maildir.  sdbox does not have a "cur" dir.

Jeff.
> I thought with sdbox it is all in the index files that have been 
> transferred with the mails? Or am I missing a place that has to be synced?
> 
> Thank you for hints, Jakob
> 
> 
> 
> 
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