Hi, Here is the situation, I hope somebody can help me. Our Email server running ubuntu 8.04.1 and dovecot 1.0.10 rebooted, and when it came back up the dovecot config had changed. Prior to the reboot, users stored their emails and folders in /var/mail/~username. Then the config became /var/mail/username for the main Inbox and /home/~username/mail for Folders. Now, none of the folders that users had created in their IMAP account are visible, and their contents are not in the main Inbox file. For example, the Drafts folder was there prior to the reboot, and now it had to be created in /home/username afterwards. These folders were not subfolders of the Inbox, but of the main IMAP root. All users were running Thunderbird as their client. Can they be recovered? Thanks, Eoin Kennedy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherling & Sons Ltd, Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland. Company Reg No. 9294 Website: www.sherlingsteel.com
on 5-29-2009 6:51 AM Eoin Kennedy spake the following:> Hi, > > Here is the situation, I hope somebody can help me. > > Our Email server running ubuntu 8.04.1 and dovecot 1.0.10 rebooted, and when it came back up the dovecot config had changed. > > Prior to the reboot, users stored their emails and folders in /var/mail/~username. > > Then the config became /var/mail/username for the main Inbox and /home/~username/mail for Folders. > > Now, none of the folders that users had created in their IMAP account are visible, and their contents are not in the main Inbox file. > For example, the Drafts folder was there prior to the reboot, and now it had to be created in /home/username afterwards. > These folders were not subfolders of the Inbox, but of the main IMAP root. > > All users were running Thunderbird as their client. > > Can they be recovered? >I doubt that your mail is gone, somebody just changed where dovecot looks for it. Do you have a backup of your old config file? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20090529/053358ab/attachment-0002.bin>
Hi, That's what I'm looking for at the moment. Thanks, Eoin -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+ekennedy=sherlings.com at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+ekennedy=sherlings.com at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Scott Silva Sent: 29 May 2009 23:13 To: dovecot at dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Missing IMAP folders after Server reboot on 5-29-2009 6:51 AM Eoin Kennedy spake the following:> Hi, > > Here is the situation, I hope somebody can help me. > > Our Email server running ubuntu 8.04.1 and dovecot 1.0.10 rebooted, and when it came back up the dovecot config had changed. > > Prior to the reboot, users stored their emails and folders in /var/mail/~username. > > Then the config became /var/mail/username for the main Inbox and /home/~username/mail for Folders. > > Now, none of the folders that users had created in their IMAP account are visible, and their contents are not in the main Inbox file. > For example, the Drafts folder was there prior to the reboot, and now it had to be created in /home/username afterwards. > These folders were not subfolders of the Inbox, but of the main IMAP root. > > All users were running Thunderbird as their client. > > Can they be recovered? >I doubt that your mail is gone, somebody just changed where dovecot looks for it. Do you have a backup of your old config file? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherling & Sons Ltd, Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland. Company Reg No. 9294 Website: www.sherlingsteel.com
Did you try looking for the folders by connecting to IMAP using command line. telnet servername 143 a1 login username pass a2 list "" * Check if you could see anything.
Did you try looking for the folders by connecting to IMAP using command line. telnet servername 143 a1 login username pass a2 list "" * Check if you could see anything.
Hi, I see INOBX, Trash, Drafts. All but INBOX have no items, after doing list command. Thanks, Eoin -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+ekennedy=sherlings.com at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+ekennedy=sherlings.com at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of punit_j Sent: 31 May 2009 19:45 To: ekennedy at sherlings.com Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Missing IMAP folders after Server reboot Did you try looking for the folders by connecting to IMAP using command line. telnet servername 143 a1 login username pass a2 list "" * Check if you could see anything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherling & Sons Ltd, Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Ireland. Company Reg No. 9294 Website: www.sherlingsteel.com