[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0.beta9, emails disappearing?

[Martin Végiard]

Marc,
you might want to check if the files still exist in their 'mailbox' ..
if that's your case,
(I had backups..)

.. I successfully brought back those emails by recreating the subscription file.
(Which saved me a trip on a guillotine)

hope that helps,
Martin

On 9/13/06, Marc Perkel <marc at perkel.com> wrote:
> Interestingly someone just asked me about emails vanishing and I'm
> running rc7 .... ?
>
> Joseph W. Breu wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have received reports from my users of this happening as well.  In
> > each case we have not been able to determine the source of the issue.
> > We are currently running 1.0 RC2
> >
> >
> > Quoting Martin Végiard <deadbug at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I've been using Dovecot successfully for a while and I've recently
> >> encountered an issue :
> >>
> >> I got to work today and half the emails, were deleted... and after
> >> careful investigation :
> >>
> >> - On Monday it seems, the emails magically vanished .. (what I've
> >> been told)
> >> - My backup from Tuesday morning at 3am, indicates that all the files
> >> (mailbox) are intact but the subscription file is missing half the
> >> entries.
> >> - At noon, on Tuesday, half the subscriptions are still missing and
> >> half the files now also missing.
> >>
> >> Any ideas, known issues, suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >> Details :
> >> # dovecot --version
> >> 1.0.beta9
> >> # uname -a
> >> NetBSD Z 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC.MPACPI) #0: Fri Aug 18 08:34:05
> >> EDT 2006  m at Z:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MPACPI i386
> >>
> >> the server in question is usually just idling away...
> >> and nothing abnormal in my logs
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks for your time,
> >> Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Joseph W. Breu, CCNA              phone : +1.319.268.5228
> > Senior Network Administrator        fax : +1.319.266.8158
> > Cedar Falls Utilities              cell : +1.319.493.1686
> > support: +1.319.268.5221         url : http://www.cfu.net
> >
> >
>