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On 3/13/19 8:35 AM, Karl Pielorz wrote:<br>
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Hi,
<br>
<br>
I have a Cyrus 2.5.12 server running under FreeBSD. The other day
I found thousands of files in an old mailbox.
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<br>
The client can't see any of them - so I thought "Ok, I'll
reconstruct the mailbox"
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Reconstruct runs, and returns instantly - but the client still
can't see the files.
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As a last ditch "fix it or kill it" - I removed the cyrus.header
and cyrus.index files from that folder.
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<br>
I expected reconstruct to rebuild them - based on the thousands of
"xxxx." files in that folder - but it didn't. It just returns
instantly, and no cyrus. files are created.
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The mailbox does exist (i.e. if I dump the mailbox database it is
listed) - and clients can see the folder, just no messages in it.
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Any suggestion? - Is there any way to get reconstruct to be more
chatty about what it's doing / not doing?
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Thanks,
<br>
<br>
-Karl
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Karl,<br>
It would help if you told us which flags/arguments you're running
reconstruct with. Also, deleting cyrus.header was probably not a
good idea. If you want to recreate cyrus.index, remove that and run
reconstruct with the '-f' or '-x' flags, depending on the state of
the mailbox. The cyrus.header file doesn't hold state, it's used to
distinguish Cyrus mailboxes from other directories.<br>
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However, what's probably going on here is that you have "<code
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">expunge_mode:</span></code>
delayed" set, and these hidden files are actually deleted/expunged,
but 'expire' hasn't been run on the mailbox.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
-nic<br>
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Nic Bernstein <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nic@onlight.com">nic@onlight.com</a>
Onlight Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.onlight.com">www.onlight.com</a>
6525 W Bluemound Rd., Ste 24 v. 414.272.4477
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53213-4073 f. 414.290.0335
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