On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 12:17 +0100, Steve Howe wrote: > Hi there, > > First time posting here so apologies if this question has (most likely) > been asked before. have looked in the archives of this list but can't > find it. > > My Cyrus Imapd mail server has crashed (hardware error). I have access > to the hard drives but it has taken me some time to buy a new server and > install a new cyrus imapd. > > > Basically, I've got my previous server's /var/spool/cyrus/mail/ > directory with all it's subfolders (s/user/stephen etc) and I'd like to > import the mail files in there (1. 2. 3. etc) into my new > imapd's mailstore. I've read and experimented that it's not a case of > just dump the mails in the appropriate folder, since a mail has to go > through the proper channels, > be registered in cyrus.index etc so that my mail client knows which > headers are available, which files they relate to etc. > > Is there a tool available for this purpose please? First you have to ask a question how big is the difference in the internal structure used by your old cyrus ( you forgot to give us the version ) and the one you're preparing now. It may be you can simply copy whole old tree and tell cyrus to reconstruct mailboxes ( check 'reconstruct' binary ). I add my question: in the old times ( 1.6 ) one needed to "reconstruct" quota manually ( ie. count the mailbox on his own and create quota files manually ). Is it still the case? M. -- Miroslaw "Psyborg" Jaworski GCS/IT d- s+:+ a C++$ UBI++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++(+++)$ N++ o+ K- w-- O- M- V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5? X+ R++ !tv b++(+++) DI++ D+ G e* h++ r+++ y? ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
