I don't know what to call what I'm trying to do so I'll explain the
situation.
I had a total complete crash of the Linux-Vserver system that was
hosting a Postfix+Dovecot guest with a three domains and 1-5 accounts
per domain. Lots of mail though.
Before it completely melted down I as able to get to the data (messages)
and save them and the configuration files for both Dovecot and Postfix.
I now have a replacement system up and running and have copied the
directories onto it. I can log in to the accounts but I don't see the
folders (I use Thunderbird as a MUA). Attempts to "subscribe" and
"refresh" the list give me no results. No list of folders.
What should I do?
I'm thinking I could delete the dovecot files:
dovecot.index,
dovecot.index.cache,
dovecot.index.log,
dovecot-uidlist,
subscriptions,
and while I'm at it possibly dovecot-keywords.
Then access the account(s) and Dovecot will rebuild them with the
true/correct information.
Am I heading anywhere near the right direction?
TIA,
Rod
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:> the list give me no results. No list of folders.If you see no folders, the problem is not the indexes. I suspect that dovecot now uses other mail_location settings than before. Or the user does not have the correct permissions to access the mails. Did you enable mail_debug and check the server logs? Bye, - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSZAgJXWSIuGy1ktrAQJqHwf/R4w3MrX83FZtqx3SVFt5XPRQBcC/TrXJ veR7+Uf7Fc7Oa/O/yjzR6z45s78VxHQR7CoevUULwzuPhGQxfmByZz1cvYZVbSk+ zQFaVo7egIeGmtjMb0/+dwiQxrFlPyWc110I3FBupeFL8GUtSChu5OEFXq3kXxkH lUFm4x05OU64jFLGD2wFCljDnWPrVtOFdCJK6KzINk0H1xrg+mVDqu3W4Z/5R73m Ryi2EkbkmWHYnbjDT9Ut22QvmQblCIO7/v+HqApAFiccHZxVfA8CsYOaIxrzaCtv cMhIDLJn33v5RWaBtOo9mOC1Gdx6OjaYjft90XDSmRlpfgHsj9rqlw==m7E3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Roderick A. Anderson wrote:> I don't know what to call what I'm trying to do so I'll explain the > situation.It was the typical case of too many things going on at the same time and me in a full-bore-linear-panic over the crashed mail server. The biggies were: 1) The vmail account created with the wrong UID/GID for the configuration, and 2) permissions on everything wrong after updating vmail's UID/GID. This all came about because I kept flipping between a mostly working test system, the system I was trying to get up, and the crashed system's files that got their UIDs/GIDs changed while copying them around. Thanks to you all for the suggestions (clue-sticks?). Rod --> I had a total complete crash of the Linux-Vserver system that was > hosting a Postfix+Dovecot guest with a three domains and 1-5 accounts > per domain. Lots of mail though. > > Before it completely melted down I as able to get to the data (messages) > and save them and the configuration files for both Dovecot and Postfix. > > I now have a replacement system up and running and have copied the > directories onto it. I can log in to the accounts but I don't see the > folders (I use Thunderbird as a MUA). Attempts to "subscribe" and > "refresh" the list give me no results. No list of folders. > > What should I do? > > I'm thinking I could delete the dovecot files: > > dovecot.index, > dovecot.index.cache, > dovecot.index.log, > dovecot-uidlist, > subscriptions, > and while I'm at it possibly dovecot-keywords. > > Then access the account(s) and Dovecot will rebuild them with the > true/correct information. > > Am I heading anywhere near the right direction? > > > TIA, > Rod