[Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

[Andreas Cieslak]

Thanks for that information bill. The T was the point which was important
for me, because the user didn't tell me that the messages were already
marked for deletion. - Anyway, in outlook the mails were visible (marked for
deletion).


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] Im
Auftrag von Bill Cole
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. November 2011 23:27
An: Dovecot Mailing List
Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

Andreas Cieslak wrote, On 11/13/11 9:48 AM:
> Hi List,
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> i am trying to restore mails from an backup-archive which was made with
> rsnapshot.
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> All the mails in the archive look similar like the following:
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> -rw------- 2 1014 1015     3308  8. Aug 13:42
> 1312803768.V809I266a00aM505178.server:2,ST

The portion of the filename after the ':' is a message status structure. In 
that structure, the letter 'T' means that the message has been marked for 
deletion by the user. As a result, most IMAP clients will not show the 
message to the user and an "EXPUNGE" command on the mailbox will delete the 
message.