John,

 

Users don’t create these folder. The system does based on the configuration which is what I have to figure out.

 

Phillp

 

 

Phillip> We should be seeing folders for everyday so missing folders
Phillip> from 1Sept19 thru 15Sept19, then fro 27Sept19 to 31Sept19.

Why do you think you should be seeing folders for every single day?
Do your users create a new folder each day and migrate mails in there?
Do you have a sieve script that is filtering incoming mail into daily
folders?

Phillip> That what should be there but isn’t that my understanding.

It's not clear how these are created. Have you looked at the dovecot
logs?

Phillip> I am trying to understand where on the system it get that
Phillip> info. I don’t see it in the configs so It not making any
Phillip> sense right now.

It's not making sense to me why you think these should be
automatically created. You need to read the dovecot FAQ and the
debugging hints and give us more details.

John


Phillip> From: dovecot <dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org> On Behalf Of Paul Tansom
Phillip> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 9:15 AM
Phillip> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
Phillip> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Thunderbird Subscription missing

Phillip> Still not quite got my head around what you are expecting to see.
Phillip> Presumably folders for other dates in September. Depending on how and
Phillip> why those folders were created they may not exist.

Phillip> I do note that you used an ls to show the folders, and I'm assuming from
Phillip> the config below you are using Maildir, so try an ls -a to show the
Phillip> hidden folders too (those starting with a .). This should show you
Phillip> directories:

Phillip> .16Sep19
Phillip> .25Sep19
Phillip> .26Sep19

Phillip> each with a cur, new and tmp directory in, along with some other Dovecot
Phillip> / IMAP files such as:

Phillip> dovecot.index.cache
Phillip> dovecot.index.log
Phillip> dovecot-uidlist
Phillip> maildirfolder

Phillip> If there are no directories for other dates then Dovecot is showing you
Phillip> what is there. If there are checking the permissions are correct is a
Phillip> good starting point.

Phillip> ** Phillip Bruce <Phillip.Bruce@deem.com> [2020-01-07 16:59]:
>> I notice to use this command but does tell me a lot either.
>>
>> # doveconf -n
>> # 2.2.22 (fe789d2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.13 (7b14904)
>> # OS: Linux 4.4.0-130-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
>> namespace inbox {
>> inbox = yes
>> location =
>> mailbox Drafts {
>> special_use = \Drafts
>> }
>> mailbox Junk {
>> special_use = \Junk
>> }
>> mailbox Sent {
>> special_use = \Sent
>> }
>> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>> special_use = \Sent
>> }
>> mailbox Trash {
>> special_use = \Trash
>> }
>> prefix =
>> }
>> passdb {
>> driver = pam
>> }
>> protocols = " imap"
>> ssl = no
>> userdb {
>> driver = passwd
>> }
>> #
>>
>> Phillip
>>
>> From: Phillip Bruce
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 8:26 AM
>> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
>> Subject: Thunderbird Subscription missing
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an usual isshere we are using thunderbird for client.
>> The version of dovecot is as followed:
>>
>> # dovecot --version
>> 2.2.22 (fe789d2)
>>
>> The dovecot service is runnon on VERSION="16.04.6 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
>>
>> Thunderbird version 68.3.1 (32 bit) version.
>>
>> What happening when managing subscription there seems to be folders that are missing.
>> They were not purged nor did anything happen like an outage.
>>
>> If you look at this below Sep19 (for September 2019), It list only the following folders:
>> 16Sep19,
>> 25Sep19
>> 26Sep19
>>
>> [cid:image002.png@01D5C536.5A7C7770]
>>
>> To me this looks like some indexing gone south.
>> I've tried this
>>
>> # doveadm mailbox status -u arhive
>> doveadm mailbox status [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <fields> <mailbox> [...]
>>
>> # doveadm mailbox status -u archive Maildir
>> # doveadm mailbox status [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <fields> <mailbox> [...]
>> r# doveadm mailbox status -u archive INBOX
>> @doveadm mailbox status [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <fields> <mailbox> [...]
>>
>> The user is archive
>>
>> The user home folder is this:
>> # pwd
>> /home/mail/archive/Maildir
>>
>> This what in it.
>> # ls
>> cur dovecot.index.log dovecot.mailbox.log.2 dovecot-uidvalidity.50ca19bb tmp
>> dovecot.index dovecot.index.log.2 dovecot-uidlist dovecot-uidvalidity.50ca19bc
>> dovecot.index.cache dovecot-keywords dovecot-uidvalidity dovecot-uidvalidity.50ca1b2d
>> dovecot.index.cache.gz dovecot-keywords.gz dovecot-uidvalidity.50ca1990 new
>> dovecot.index.cache.gz.2 dovecot.mailbox.log dovecot-uidvalidity.50ca19ab subscriptions
>>
>> # doveadm log errors
>> #
>>
>> I don't see in errors. I tried to reload dovecot.
>> # doveadm instance list
>> path name last used running
>> /var/run/dovecot dovecot 2020-01-06 22:41:46 yes
>> root@dc3-ops-prod-vserv-archive01:~#
>>
>> There nothing in the logs that I can see.
>>
>> # doveadm user -u archive
>> userdb: archive
>> user : archive
>> system_groups_user: archive
>> uid : 1011
>> gid : 1011
>> home : /home/archive
>> root@dc3-ops-prod-vserv-archive01:~#
>>
>> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phillip Bruce
>> Sr. System Engineer
>> 415-590-8491 office
>> "The answer to your Traveling Solution"
>> [Deem Demo]
>>
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