Expunged emails after upgrade from 2.3.16 to 2.4.5

[Patrick Boutilier]

On 12/08/2010 05:22 AM, Stephen Carr wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I assumed that replication went one way master to replica. Now with it
> syncing in both directions my replica is out of sync with the master in
> that the number of emails in folders on the master are not the same on
> the replica.
>
> The problem was compounded by having both expunge and delete set to
> immediate in the master but delayed on the replica.
>
> I have both the master and replica set to have delete and expunge set to
> delayed and restarted master on both systems.
>
> Now if I delete an email it is reflected in the client (Thunderbird) ie
> total drops by one and an ls *. on the file system is still the old
> value that is one more what is reported in Thunderbird BUT unexpunge -l
> reports no emails to unexpunge.
>
> I also tested it by creating a new folder - moving an email into it all
> OK in Thunderbird - then deleted it - Thunderbird reports NO email in
> folder BUT unexpunge -l does not display the deleted email but it is on
> the file system.
>
> What is happening?


Try "compacting" the folder in Thunderbird.



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