On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:55 PM, <mahecha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, all for your responses.... > I still have some questions, though: > > 1. under what conditions will cyrus delete or "hide" messages from the > users' (and admins) sight.... if it does it at all? if the expire annotation is set on the folder (man cyradm for more) > > 2. Ihave been running this cyrus for about 2 yrs now, and never done any > maintenance; does cyrus takes care of its own? Yes > if not, what is suggested? I > do backups every night, export the db to a txt files, etc. but nothing > else... At least keep multiple version of your mailbox.db using "ctl_mboxlist -d ". Backup is mandatory on any system ! Google for "cyrus imap backup" to find more, also "kolab backup wiki" could be helpful. > > > Thanks, again >> >> On Mon, 19 May 2008 21:07:55 +0200 (CEST), "Simon Matter" >> <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxx> said: >>> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM, <mahecha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >> greetings all. >>> >> >>> >> This morning a user called me saying that he was using reading his >>> email >>> >> (via squirrelmail) in one computer, then he logged out, and some time >>> >> later >>> >> went to another computer open squirrelmail, and his mail was gone.... >>> >> >>> >> I checked directly in the mailstore and he had only a couple of >>> >> messages, >>> >> but he assures me that he did not delete anything.... >>> >> >>> >> After some search on the log files, I found something like this: >>> >> >>> >> May 19 09:56:05 ccaix imaps[8619]: skiplist: recovered >>> >> /var/lib/imap/user/C/user^name.seen (3 records, 7316 bytes) in 0 >>> seconds >>> >>> I think skiplist files are always "recovered" when they are opened. So >>> that is not a sign of anything wrong. >> >> Yeah, all that means is that the timestamp of the skiplist file is earlier >> than the timestamp of the last time cyrus was started. A "recovery" just >> goes through the file and makes sure that all the pointers are correct. >> >> That message is harmless. >> >> Bron. >> -- >> Bron Gondwana >> brong@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> ---- >> 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
