restore email

[Sam]

Andrew Morgan wrote:
> 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.
Hi, I noticed some of the backup has numbered files, while others don't 
have.
For example, the following folders have does not have numbered folders:

# ls -l /usr/local/ab/
total 14100
drwx------  2 cyrus wheel       512 Aug  1 17:24 Drafts
drwx------  2 cyrus wheel       512 Aug  1 17:24 Sent Items
drwx------  2 cyrus wheel       512 Aug  1 17:24 Trash
-rw-------  1 cyrus wheel         4 Aug  1 17:24 cyrus.cache
-rw-------  1 cyrus wheel       179 Aug  1 17:24 cyrus.header
-rw-------  1 cyrus wheel        76 Aug  1 17:24 cyrus.index
-rw-------  1 cyrus wheel     39983 Aug  1 17:24 cyrus.squat

When I followed your steps to restore these folders/files, I found no 
messages in the Inbox.
But when I restored the other files which have numbered files like the 
following, I will have the backup mail files restored.

# ls -l
total 3722
-rw-------  1 60  wheel  1669744 Aug  1 12:05 86.
-rw-------  1 60  wheel    16018 Aug  1 12:11 87.
-rw-------  1 60  wheel  2042642 Aug  1 16:09 88.
drwx------  2 60  wheel      512 Aug  1 15:39 Drafts
drwx------  2 60  wheel     1024 Aug  1 15:39 Sent Items
drwx------  2 60  wheel      512 Aug  1 15:39 Trash
-rw-------  1 60  wheel     5564 Aug  1 16:09 cyrus.cache
-rw-------  1 60  wheel      179 Jun  5 13:09 cyrus.header
-rw-------  1 60  wheel      256 Aug  1 16:09 cyrus.index
-rw-------  1 60  wheel    26462 Aug  1 15:39 cyrus.squat

Are these outcome sound right to you?
Thanks
Sam
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>     Andy
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