A few RC releases ago we had a problem where a user's restored home directory contained a .imap folder either from a previous RC release or perhaps it was a different server. In any event, restoration of the user caused problems since Dovecot choked on the restored .imap index files. Removing those index files cleared the problem. I'm wondering if this is still an issue, and therefore whether we need to find and remove all .imap folders prior to archiving users, so that they are not restored with potentially old/bad index files. I would like to NOT have to worry about them, but rather have Dovecot be smart about when to simply re-create them if it detects something it does not like about them. -- Steven F. Siirila Office: Lind Hall, Room 130B Internet Services E-mail: sfs at umn.edu Office of Information Technology Voice: (612) 626-0244 University of Minnesota Fax: (612) 626-7593
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:38 -0500, Steven F Siirila wrote:> A few RC releases ago we had a problem where a user's restored home > directory > contained a .imap folder either from a previous RC release or perhaps > it was > a different server. In any event, restoration of the user caused > problems > since Dovecot choked on the restored .imap index files. Removing > those index > files cleared the problem. I'm wondering if this is still an issue, > and > therefore whether we need to find and remove all .imap folders prior > to > archiving users, so that they are not restored with potentially > old/bad > index files. I would like to NOT have to worry about them, but rather > have > Dovecot be smart about when to simply re-create them if it detects > something > it does not like about them.Well, as far as I know there are no problems. But how about you try with a few users first? If there are problems, let me know and I'll fix them. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20070321/2eeaab00/attachment.bin>
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:57:37PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:38 -0500, Steven F Siirila wrote: > > > A few RC releases ago we had a problem where a user's restored home > > directory > > contained a .imap folder either from a previous RC release or perhaps > > it was > > a different server. In any event, restoration of the user caused > > problems > > since Dovecot choked on the restored .imap index files. Removing > > those index > > files cleared the problem. I'm wondering if this is still an issue, > > and > > therefore whether we need to find and remove all .imap folders prior > > to > > archiving users, so that they are not restored with potentially > > old/bad > > index files. I would like to NOT have to worry about them, but rather > > have > > Dovecot be smart about when to simply re-create them if it detects > > something > > it does not like about them. > > Well, as far as I know there are no problems. But how about you try with > a few users first? If there are problems, let me know and I'll fix them.Thanks! I will let you know if any such cases arise. -- Steven F. Siirila Office: Lind Hall, Room 130B Internet Services E-mail: sfs at umn.edu Office of Information Technology Voice: (612) 626-0244 University of Minnesota Fax: (612) 626-7593