Re: Disappearing Mailbox Content

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On 09/09/2015 12:03 PM, Robert T. Covell wrote:
We have an odd situation that I cannot track down regarding all content
in a mailbox disappearing (minus sub mailboxes).

CentOS release 6.5

Cyrus IMAP v2.4.17-Invoca-RPM-2.4.17-6.el6

A while back we setup a Cyrus install for a client to use as a mail
repository for customer contact.  They have one account which is shared
across all users in the office.  Approximate size of the account is 85GB.

At times when a user tries to move email into a Customers mailbox the
action is denied.  On the client side they see do see email in the
mailbox (cached).  Upon further review everything is gone for that
mailbox including: cyrus.cache, cyrus.header, cyrus.index.  Backups
contain everything including past emails and the core Cyrus files.  If
the mailbox contained other mailboxes they are not affected.
Reconstructing it corrects the issue, luckily our backups do not
propagate deletes.

Problem is that we can’t find any record of the mailbox being deleted.
The content just disappears.  We have been running Cyrus for years and
have never seen anything like this.  I am leaning towards user error but
I can’t identify what that would be.

Any insight would be appreciated.

_______________________
Robert Covell
Rolet Hosting & Interactive
www.rolet.com




My first thought was that somebody was downloading and deleting all the mail using POP but the fact that the cyrus.* files disappear suggests that something is deleting at the OS level.
begin:vcard
fn:Patrick Boutilier
n:Boutilier;Patrick
org:;Nova Scotia Department of Education
adr:;;2021 Brunswick Street;Halifax;NS;B3K 2Y5;Canada
email;internet:boutilpj@xxxxxxxxxxx
title:WAN Communications Specialist
tel;work:902-424-6800
tel;fax:902-424-0874
version:2.1
end:vcard

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