restore email

[Andrew Morgan]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Sam wrote:

> I m not too sure what these files are.
> Here is the content of the directory:
>
> # tar -zpcvf sam.tgz *
> a 230.
> a Drafts
> a Drafts/cyrus.header
> a Drafts/cyrus.cache
> a Drafts/cyrus.index
> a Drafts/cyrus.squat
> a Sent Items
> a Sent Items/cyrus.cache
> a Sent Items/1.
> a Sent Items/cyrus.squat
> a Sent Items/2.
> a Sent Items/cyrus.header
> a Sent Items/cyrus.index
> a Sent Items/3.
> a Sent Items/4.
> a Sent Items/5.
> a Sent Items/6.
> a Sent Items/7.
> a Sent Items/10.
> a Sent Items/11.
> a Sent Items/12.
> a Sent Items/13.
> a Sent Items/8.
> a Sent Items/9.
> a Sent Items/14.
> a Trash
> a Trash/cyrus.cache
> a Trash/cyrus.squat
> a Trash/28.
> a Trash/29.
> a Trash/30.
> a Trash/31.
> a Trash/32.
> a Trash/33.
> a Trash/34.
> a Trash/cyrus.header
> a Trash/cyrus.index
> a backup
> a cyrus.cache
> a cyrus.header
> a cyrus.index
> a cyrus.squat
>
> I fond some 1,2,3... files here, but they don't belong to the Received or 
> Inbox folders (there is no such folders here in the backup directory).

The actual messages are stored in the numbered files.

Simply restore all the files in the archive, then get rid all the 
cyrus.cache, cyrus.squat, and cyrus.index files.  Then, run the 
reconstruct and quota commands.

 	Andy