Simon, I did recover /var/lib/imap (although a bit later, FWIW) and /etc/imapd.conf. I just now compared /etc/cyrus.conf and added squatter & adjusted prefork numbers -- the rest all matched. Is there other configuration I should check? Both systems are 64-bit CentOS 5, so the db4 installations should be fully compatible. Thanks, Chris On 10/4/10 8:36 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >> All, >> >> I have run a small mail service based on Cyrus IMAP for a few >> years. The (CentOS 5) server I've used for the past couple years failed >> last week. I brought up a new CentOS 5 system on a new Linux server, >> installed cyrus-imapd-2.3.7-7.el5_4.3, mounted the old /var disk >> (actually one of 2 mdadm submirrors), and copied /var/spool/imap over to >> the new /var FS. It's running CentOS' cyrus-imapd-2.3.7-7.el5_4.3 RPM. > > Did you also recover /var/lib/imap from the old server and make sure the > configs are the same? > > Simon > >> >> Unfortunately, for many users (all but me?), mail clients (at least >> Apple's Mail.app and SquirrelMail) don't show any messages from before >> the migration in INBOX. When I grope around in /var/spool/imap/user, I >> see the old message (with high numbers) and the new messages (starting a >> new sequence from 1). >> >> I know there are last-message counters in the cyrus.* files, so >> would resetting those have caused IMAP to start storing new messages >> from 1. and vanish the old ones? I don't know how those could have been >> cleared for at least 6 users simultaneously. Presumably it happened for >> all, and I just fixed it for myself somehow. >> >> More importantly, I don't know how to make the old messages >> accessible to my users via IMAP (I can give them the files, but that's >> quite awkward). chk_cyrus agrees with IMAP clients about message counts >> (very low). I have tried reconstruct with various combinations of >> "-rfx", and "quota -f", but not found any way to make it show the old >> messages. >> >> Any suggestions? ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/
