So, if I create the directory structure for cyrus... spool/s/user/systemsmonitors then reconstruct user.systemsmonitors and try to deliver a message i get a mailbox does not exist error... cat 4EA39BD0EEF | /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver -e -r jvieira@xxxxxxxxxx user.systemsmonitors user.systemsmonitors: Mailbox does not exist Ideas? Joe Vieira wrote: > For a totally less seamless solution: > > What if I created the partition and created the empty mailboxes then > moved the restored mail back in as "restored-foldername" This would ruin > the seen.db, but...at least it would all be there in a pretty logical > location. > > Please weight in on this and tell me if you think it's feasible/advisable. > > Thanks you SO MUCH! > > Joe > > Joe Vieira wrote: > >> Does any one know which cyrus file contains this? Can I copy it over >> without the others? >> >> Joe >> >> Andrew Morgan wrote: >> >> >>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Joe Vieira wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> So, We have an imap volume (ext3) that doesn't seem to come back up >>>> clean after a few crashes. fsck is a mess. Shows clean; mount it; 30 >>>> minutes later it's throwing errors and needs to be fsck'd again. (any >>>> ideas about that i'd love to hear) >>>> >>>> So I am considering in the interest of getting these students back using >>>> email, setting up a new volume, mount it as the same imap partition and >>>> creating "shell" mailboxes for all the users on it, basically an empty >>>> mailbox that I can let them log into, send and receive new mail, etc. >>>> I was thinking about doing this by making the simple directory structure >>>> for all the users then doing a reconstruct to make the cyrus.* files. >>>> The plan would then be to restore from backup (or the corrupt drive in >>>> read only). My concern however is that the UID of the messages will get >>>> duplicated. Basically does this idea make ANY sense to you guys? Will >>>> it work? Other ideas? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> One of those cyrus.* files should contain the max UID - I can't remember >>> which. If you can restore/copy that across, it should (I think) number >>> any new messages starting from there. Then you can restore/copy the >>> original messages across later. >>> >>> I've never tried this before, so I may be getting it wrong. Hopefully >>> someone with more in-depth knowledge of Cyrus can comment. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> >> ---- >> 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 >> >> > > ---- > 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 > ---- 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
