On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Derrick Seymour <seymourdh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am on a mac os x server 10.3.9 >> >> not sure how to find the cyrus version, naive i >> know... > > I dont know anything to os x packaging > >> >> the -i is from one of apples documents on how to >> reconstruct the entire database for cyrus. the -r > is >> for a single user, knowing now that it is broken > makes >> a lot of sense with the problems i am having >> reconstructing. > > -r is for "recursive" (on usual cyrus install) > >> >> latest system changes was the installation of >> spamassassin with procmail for the relay. This i >> believe this caused my initial problem with the >> disappearing emails. Not to concerned about that >> right now, though i will be very happy to receive >> suggestions on that. > > cyrus users use SIEVE instead of procmail. > Of course sieve is not as flexible as procmail, but a > lot lot > faster, more secure, and part of cyrus > > Read this, to be sure your procmail configuration is > compatible with > cyrus > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mimap/chapter/ch09.html > > Is your mail store on a networked disk ? > >> >> Main problem is to get reconstruct working, I will >> deal with the disappearing emails later on, need to >> get them back now and be able to get them back >> reliably in the future until i fix the core problem >> with the disappearing emails. >> >> updated info that i found: >> >> when i take a look at the mailbox.db for the user > that >> has a corrupted in box i get this.... >> >> myserver2:/var/imap user# sudo -u cyrus >> /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_mboxlist -d | grep brokenuser >> user.brokenuser default BROKENUSER > lrswipcda >> user.brokenuser.INBOX^Drafts default brokenuser >> lrswipcda >> user.brokenuser.INBOX^Sent default brokenuser >> lrswipcda >> user.brokenuser.INBOX^Trash default brokenuser >> lrswipcda >> >> as you can see the inbox has the user in all caps, >> makes sense now why they can't get into there inbox, > i >> believe this is case sensitive, so now how do i > change >> this back to lowercase and or which reconstruct >> command (i know -r is broken) will work. I don't > mind >> the broken construct if i can edit the mailbox.db >> successfully to fix the one issue with the caps. > can >> always do up a script. > > use cyradm to change ACL, using "sam" command > >> >> i've checked other users, all of there info is in >> lowercase.... > > > > First off let me thank all of you for your help so > far. > > To answer the above questions: > > My mail store is on a fiber channel RAID > Procmail looks to be set up properly, i will look into > this further > Mac os x 10.3.9 ships with cyrus 2.2.10, or should i > say was updated to 2.2.10 > Up until the installation of spamassassin and procmail > there has been no 'reported' problems > > though i don't think the reconstruct problem has > anything to do with the install, the disappearing > emails maybe. > > Here is some updates: > > Through long searching I decided to try this, after i > backed up everything....twice ;-) > > stopped mail > > sudo -u cyrus /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_mboxlist -d > > /mailboxdb.txt > > edited the caps user to lower case with pico I already used this too, but cyradm allow you to keep your system running. > > sudo -u cyrus /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_mboxlist -u < > /mailboxdb.txt > > started mail > > this worked, as far as i can tell, no loss of email > and the user can log back in with squirrelmail with > out the error "mailbox does not exist" > > Logged in with a couple of other users via IMAP and > POP everything looks good. > > While editing the mailboxdb i found something > strange..... > > as you can see below there is an entry for some users > in all upper case, there is also complete entries for > these users also in lower case. > > user.USER1 default USER1 lrswipcda > user.USER2 default USER2 lrswipcda > > user.user1 default user1 lrswipcda > user.user1.INBOX^Drafts default user1 > lrswipcda > user.user1.INBOX^Sent default user1 lrswipcda > user.user1.INBOX^Trash default user1 lrswipcda > > user.user2 default user2 lrswipcda > user.user2.INBOX^Drafts default user2 > lrswipcda > user.user2.INBOX^Sent default user2 > lrswipcda > user.user2.INBOX^Trash default user2 > lrswipcda > > The user that had the problem (mailbox does not exist) > after i did a reconstruct was one of the users that > had multiple entries in the mailbox.db. I am > wondering if these single entries have any use, can i > delete them, is this perhaps why when i did the > reconstruct the user had an all caps entry for the > inbox and then wasn't able to log in? Because that > looks like what the problem was. I am also wondering > if i deleted this single entries would the reconstruct > work? > > > Thanks again for all the help > > -derrick > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
