[Dovecot] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4266798#post4266798

[Matt Rude]

On 2/21/2011 9:52 PM, Asiri wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We set up a new mail server and moved users' "cur,new and tmp" folders only
> into new mail server from old server.In other words we did not copy and
> paste dovecot.index,dovecot-uidlist,etc into new server from old server
> because they were created automatically.After bringing the new server
> up,users(microsoft office outlook) complained their imap folders are
> missing.I investigated and found below information;
>
> I can see those missing imap folders in old server under 'dovecot-uidlist'
> as follows;
>
> [root at mail ~]# vi /var/vmail/abc.com.au/kerrie/
> .Deleted Items/
> dovecot.index
> dovecot.index.cache
> dovecot.index.log
> dovecot.index.log.2
> dovecot-uidlist
> .INBOX.Air&- Gas/
> .INBOX.Amex/
> .INBOX.Caltex Starcard/
> .INBOX.Creditors NSW/
> .INBOX.Creditors NSW.Statements and Invoices/
> .INBOX.Creditors QLD/
> .INBOX.Creditors QLD.Invoices and Statements/
> .INBOX.Debtors/
> .INBOX.Export/
> .INBOX.Followmont Transport/
> .INBOX.Gameco New Zealand/.Junk E-mail/
>
> But in new server,'dovecot-uidlist' is not containing those folders.
>
> [root at mail ~]# vi /var/vmail/abc.com.au/kerrie/Maildir/
> cur/ dovecot-uidlist .Sent Items/
> .Deleted Items/ .Drafts/ subscriptions
> dovecot.index .Junk E-mail/ tmp/
> dovecot.index.cache new/ .Trash/
> dovecot.index.log .Sent/
>
>
> So I want to have those missing folders which are already in old server in
> new server too.So users can see their disappeared imap folders again.I saw
> in dovecot wiki,it is not recommended to edit 'dovecot-uidlist'
> manually.Please give me a solution.Thank you in advance.

Did you copy the users 'subscriptions' file also?

-Matt

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