I have received reports from my users of this happening as well. In
each case we have not been able to determine the source of the issue.
We are currently running 1.0 RC2
Quoting Martin V?giard <deadbug at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> I've been using Dovecot successfully for a while and I've recently
> encountered an issue :
>
> I got to work today and half the emails, were deleted... and after
> careful investigation :
>
> - On Monday it seems, the emails magically vanished .. (what I've been
told)
> - My backup from Tuesday morning at 3am, indicates that all the files
> (mailbox) are intact but the subscription file is missing half the
> entries.
> - At noon, on Tuesday, half the subscriptions are still missing and
> half the files now also missing.
>
> Any ideas, known issues, suggestions?
>
>
> Details :
> # dovecot --version
> 1.0.beta9
> # uname -a
> NetBSD Z 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC.MPACPI) #0: Fri Aug 18 08:34:05
> EDT 2006 m at Z:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MPACPI i386
>
> the server in question is usually just idling away...
> and nothing abnormal in my logs
>
>
> thanks for your time,
> Martin
Thanks,
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