How can this happen?

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:48:28 +0100 Simon Matter wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:12:33 -0800 (PST) Andrew Morgan wrote:
> >> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Frank Elsner wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > we have the strange situation with our murder environment that
> >> >
> >> > mailbackend has
> >> >
> >> > user.xxxxx.Sent        2 default xxxxx	lrswipkxtecda
> >> >
> >> > but the folder is non-existent in the filesystem.
> >> >
> >> > The mupdate server doesn't know this folder (not in mailboxes.db)
> >> >
> >> > How can this happen?
> >>
> >> Some bug in Cyrus?
> >
> > Don't know.
> >
> >> If you want to fix this, you can try creating the proper structure on
> >> the
> >> filesystem, run reconstruct to get Cyrus to sync back up with it, then
> >> delete the folder using cyradm or an IMAP client.
> >
> > I didn't ask for a fix. I ask for a possible reason.
> 
> I suggest to at lest report the version of Cyrus used.

Oh, shit. Shame on me. 
2.3.16 on RHEL.


--Frank Elsner