On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 20:45, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:> > > On 17 June 2019 18:59 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < > dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > I'm using mdbox. > > > > What's the consequence of deleting dovecot.index.* from all folders? > > > > All mail gets lost or I can rebuild the indexes and get the mails? > > > > > > You will lose flags, such as \Seen. But mails should come out intact. > > Aki >Thank you for this fast (and comforting) response. All the previous mails disappeared after I deleted the files. What do I need to do to get them back?? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190617/ee3ea6a5/attachment.html>
> On 17 June 2019 20:55 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 20:45, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > On 17 June 2019 18:59 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm using mdbox. > > > > > > What's the consequence of deleting dovecot.index.* from all folders? > > > > > > All mail gets lost or I can rebuild the indexes and get the mails? > > > > > > > > > > You will lose flags, such as \Seen. But mails should come out intact. > > > > Aki > > > > Thank you for this fast (and comforting) response. > > All the previous mails disappeared after I deleted the files. What do I need to do to get them back?? > > > > -- > > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-)doveadm force-resync -u victim "*" Aki
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 21:03, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:> > > On 17 June 2019 20:55 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 20:45, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 17 June 2019 18:59 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < > dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using mdbox. > > > > > > > > What's the consequence of deleting dovecot.index.* from all folders? > > > > > > > > All mail gets lost or I can rebuild the indexes and get the mails? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You will lose flags, such as \Seen. But mails should come out intact. > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > Thank you for this fast (and comforting) response. > > > > All the previous mails disappeared after I deleted the files. What do I > need to do to get them back?? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > > Nairobi,KE > > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-) > > doveadm force-resync -u victim "*" > > Aki >Thank you very very much. Now off to read again about dbox storage. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190617/7c0be262/attachment.html>
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 21:03, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:> > > On 17 June 2019 20:55 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 20:45, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 17 June 2019 18:59 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < > dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using mdbox. > > > > > > > > What's the consequence of deleting dovecot.index.* from all folders? > > > > > > > > All mail gets lost or I can rebuild the indexes and get the mails? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You will lose flags, such as \Seen. But mails should come out intact. > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > Thank you for this fast (and comforting) response. > > > > All the previous mails disappeared after I deleted the files. What do I > need to do to get them back?? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > > Nairobi,KE > > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-) > > doveadm force-resync -u victim "*" >Is there a way to mark all mails older that today as "Read" in all folders? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190617/12af96df/attachment.html>