[Dovecot] Altmove doesn't working after a dsync.

[Timo Sirainen]

I guess the save date gets reset. You can verify that with e.g.:

doveadm fetch date.saved mailbox inbox all

dsync is supposed to preserve the save date though. Might be broken in your version.

On 21.3.2013, at 22.59, Breno Moreira <brenoavm at gmail.com> wrote:

> My email was sent before I finish it.
> 
> The other command I'm using is for move the old mails to the alternate
> storage, and it is:
>  - doveadm -Dv altmove -u user seen savedbefore 2w
> 
> In the logs all seems to be ok, without errors or warnings.
> I'm really thinking in test the new version to find out if the problem
> still occurs.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Breno Moreira
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Breno Moreira <brenoavm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Charles,
>> 
>> Sorry for not providing this kind of info.
>> 
>> I'm using Dovecot 2.1.7 in a Debian Wheezy. The dovecot -n output is below:
>> 
>> # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0
>> auth_mechanisms = plain login
>> auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>> lmtp_proxy = yes
>> mail_fsync = always
>> mail_gid = vmail
>> mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir
>> mail_plugins = " quota"
>> mail_uid = vmail
>> mmap_disable = yes
>> passdb {
>>  driver = pam
>> }
>> passdb {
>>  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>>  driver = sql
>> }
>> plugin {
>>  quota = maildir:Quota
>>  sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
>>  sieve_dir = ~/sieve
>> }
>> protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
>> service auth {
>>  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>>    mode = 0666
>>  }
>>  unix_listener auth-userdb {
>>    group = vmail
>>    mode = 0666
>>    user = vmail
>>  }
>>  user = root
>> }
>> service imap-login {
>>  service_count = 0
>> }
>> service lmtp {
>>  inet_listener lmtp {
>>    address = localhost mail0.supramail.com.br
>>    port = 7025
>>  }
>> }
>> service pop3-login {
>>  service_count = 0
>> }
>> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
>> ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
>> userdb {
>>  driver = passwd
>> }
>> userdb {
>>  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>>  driver = sql
>> }
>> protocol lmtp {
>>  mail_plugins = " quota sieve"
>>  postmaster_address = postmaster at mail0.supramail.com.br
>> }
>> protocol imap {
>>  mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"
>> }
>> protocol pop3 {
>>  pop3_uidl_format = %v-%u
>> }
>> 
>> The commands that I'm using are:
>> 
>> - dsync -Dv -u user mirror sdbox:~/sdbox:ALT=alternatestoragepath
>> 
>> -
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at media-brokers.com
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Please always try to provide some basic system info when asking for help.
>>> 
>>> dovecot version? doveconf -n output? actual commands you are typing? logs
>>> of the events?
>>> 
>>> Also remember, dsync has been completely rewritten for the upcoming 2.2
>>> (at rc3 now), and has always been a little problematic in earlier versions
>>> (which I guess was the reason for the rewrite)...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2013-03-21 3:58 PM, Breno Moreira <brenoavm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm having a problem with the altmove command after a mailbox migration
>>>> using dsync.
>>>> 
>>>> What I'm trying to do is move some users from a datacenter to another
>>>> and,
>>>> for that, I'm using the dsync feature. First thing I do is run the dsync
>>>> mirror command, and this is working properly, but all mails are moved to
>>>> the main path, ignoring the ALT statement in the mail location.
>>>> 
>>>> So, what I tried to do was run the doveadm altmove to move the old mails
>>>> to
>>>> the new alternate storage, but it simply doesn't work or sometimes moves
>>>> only few messages.
>>>> 
>>>> After the user receives new messages, these new files are correctly
>>>> moved.
>>>> 
>>>> It can be problem with my search parameter in the altmove command? Or
>>>> this
>>>> is a normal result?
>>>> 
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Breno Moreira
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Charles Marcus
>>> I.T. Director
>>> Media Brokers International, Inc.
>>> 678.514.6224 | 678.514.6299 fax
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Breno Moreira
>> 
>> “O êxito na vida não se mede pelo que você conquistou,
>> 
>> mas sim pelas dificuldades que superou no caminho.”
>> 
>> *                    Abraham Lincoln*
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Breno Moreira
> 
> “O êxito na vida não se mede pelo que você conquistou,
> 
> mas sim pelas dificuldades que superou no caminho.”
> 
> *                    Abraham Lincoln*