general question, how to do this?

[Mike Eggleston]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Dan White might have said:

> On 11/11/09 13:08 -0600, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> >One user is out sick, another user asked me to search the first user's
> >email for a specific message. If I had found that message and the second
> >user wanted to access that message in the second user's normal INBOX
> >would I do this:
> >
> ># cd /var/spool/imap/a/user/auser
> ># cp 999999. /var/spool/imap/b/user/buser
> ># su - cyrus
> ># reconstruct -r user.buser
> ># exit
> ># exit
> >
> >The message was not found, so no urgent need for this. I want to know
> >how for next time.
> 
> pinky:~# imtest -a cyrus localhost
> <cut>
> S: A01 OK Success (privacy protection)
> Authenticated.
> Security strength factor: 128
> 111 select user.auser
> <cut>
> 111 OK [READ-WRITE] Completed
> 222 uid copy 999999 user.buser
> 222 OK [COPYUID 1089193296 1 1480] Completed
> 333 logout
> * BYE LOGOUT received
> 333 OK Completed
> Connection closed.
> 
> Where 'cyrus' is an admin.
> 
> -- 
> Dan White

That's a neat approach, thanks.

Mike