[Dovecot] some mdbox mails get lost each day

[Timo Sirainen]

On 16.8.2012, at 11.15, Christian Rößner wrote:

>>>>>> doveadm import mdbox:~/mdbox-backup all-mails all
>>>>> 
>>>>> problem
>>>>> 
>>>>> I tried so, but this does not work here:
>>>> 
>>>> I thought I'd make things easier by skipping the index rebuild, because I thought doveadm import does it automatically, but I guess it doesn't notice the problem:
>>>> 
>>>> doveadm -o mail=mdbox:~/mdbox-backup force-resync INBOX
>>>> 
>>> done
>>> 
>>> And this created several folders under mailboxes again, but still the import command does not import anything. What am I missing here?
>>> 
>> I tested today with Dovecot 2.1.9. Still not getting mails imported :-(
>> 
>> How can I see, if the force-resync stuff was successful? Is there any doveadm dump -t index/log variable name that tells me, there do exist XYZ number of mails in the backup mail folder?
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance
> 
> 
> sorry for bumping, but I am stuck at the moment.

1) Can you read mails from the resynced mdbox? For example:

doveadm -o mail=mdbox:/anothermdbox fetch uid all

2) Is the problem just the doveadm import? Can you import anything to anything at all? What does it say with -v parameter?