I just converted my old server running UW/Panda to a Mac Mini Server running Mountain Lion (ML) Server. I'm using the postfix / dovecot setup provided by Apple.

My IMAP clients are not showing all my emails. The Mail App on my iPhone and iPad is behaving the worse. I can see the emails that are not showing up in the cur directory.

The ML Mail App is stating there are 3854 emails in my INBOX. There are 3948 files in the 'cur' directory ('ls cur | wc -l' returns 3948). Other mailboxes and directories have the same behavior. I'm not sure what to expect here.

My method of conversion was to bulk copy (drag and drop) all the messages from one the UW server to the Dovecot server using the Apple Desktop Mail App in Mountain Lion.

Any idea why these messages are not showing up on my devices and how I can get them to show up?

bash-3.2# /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/dovecotd --version 2.0.19apple1

bash-3.2# /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/dovecotd -n # 2.0.19apple1: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Darwin 12.2.1 x86_64 hfs aps_topic = com.apple.mail.XServer.fc3bb7c3-c8ef-4fe2-aff3-95ecd927fb11 auth_mechanisms = cram-md5 x-plain-submit plain login apop digest-md5 auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_username_format = %n default_internal_user = _dovecot default_login_user = _dovenull disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 6 first_valid_uid = 6 mail_access_groups = mail mail_location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/%u mail_log_prefix = "%s(pid %p user %u): " mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_sk managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave mdbox_rotate_size = 200 M passdb { args = /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/submit.passdb driver = passwd-file pass = yes submit = yes } passdb { driver = od } plugin { fts = sk quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-exceeded %u sieve = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u } postmaster_address = postmaster@mini.mmpcrofton.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { extra_groups = _keytabusers idle_kill = 15 mins unix_listener auth-userdb { user = _dovecot } } service dns_client { unix_listener dns-client { mode = 0600 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 } service imap { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 200 service_count = 0 } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { mode = 0600 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 200 service_count = 0 } service quota-exceeded { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-exceeded.sh unix_listener quota-exceeded { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } service quota-warning { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } ssl_ca = </etc/certificates/*.chain.pem ssl_cert = </etc/certificates/*.cert.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL ssl_key = </etc/certificates/*.key.pem ssl_key_path = /etc/certificates/*.key.pem syslog_facility = local6 userdb { args = partition=/Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/partition_map.conf enforce_quotas=no driver = od } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_sk sieve push_notify } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_sk sieve push_notify } protocol imap { imap_id_log = * imap_id_send = "name" * "version" * mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_sk imap_quota imap_zlib imap_fts urlauth } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 6 }