Restoring a deleted imap folder from backup to user Maildir

Steffen Kaiser skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de
Thu Feb 2 07:31:05 UTC 2017


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On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, Kepa Lyman wrote:

> I attempted to copy the folder from a tar backup into the Maildir folder but 
> the new folder does not show up in Thunderbird or in the Subscribe option.

Check out:

doveadm mailbox list -u <<user>>

If the folder does not show up, check out the server logs, access 
permissions, ...

If it's there, force Thunderbird to reload the folder structure by 
clicking on the triangle left of the folders or top most mailbox name.

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Steffen Kaiser
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