Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?
I have a lot of messages that were restored from an archive and so all have the same date, despite being over the span over several years.
I tried setting the timestamps of the files to the date in the Received header, but that didn’t seem to make any difference to what my IMAP clients see.
Do I have to rename the files to the right epoch seconds in order for dovecot to show the right dates to the IMAP clients?
… It seems I’ve been here before, but I don’t remember the solution …
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On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?
This is a problem with how you restored the files.
On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve the original date/times...
On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?
This is a problem with how you restored the files.
On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve the original date/times…
The original emails were in box files, so that was not the issue.
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On 6/15/2016 12:30 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?
This is a problem with how you restored the files.
On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve the original date/times…
The original emails were in box files, so that was not the issue.
How ere they restored?
On Jun 15, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 6/15/2016 12:30 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?
This is a problem with how you restored the files.
On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve the original date/times…
The original emails were in box files, so that was not the issue.
How ere they restored?
The issue is that the files currently in the milder have the correct time stamps, but Dovecot reports them to the IMAP clients as having a different time and date.
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On 6/17/2016 1:51 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
On Jun 15, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 6/15/2016 12:30 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
The original emails were in box files, so that was not the issue.
How were they restored?
The issue is that the files currently in the milder have the correct time stamps, but Dovecot reports them to the IMAP clients as having a different time and date.
That totally doesn't answer the question.
Again - how were they restored?
On 6/17/2016 1:51 PM, @lbutlr kremels@kreme.com wrote:
The issue is that the files currently in the milder have the correct time stamps, but Dovecot reports them to the IMAP clients as having a different time and date.
Maybe - or maybe not...
Different clients perceive the dates differently...
Here is a decent link to explaining this, as well as providing a tool that may help you fix the dates:
On Jun 17, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Tanstaafl tanstaafl@libertytrek.org wrote:
Different clients perceive the dates differently…
Yes, but I used several clients. I thought I said that.
Here is a decent link to explaining this, as well as providing a tool that may help you fix the dates:
This looks very promising. Thanks.
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