archive namespace reports mdbox_deleted: same as mdbox: is that ok?

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 15/03/2021 13:56 Marc <marc at f1-outsourcing.eu> wrote:
> 
>  
> Sorry Aki for asking again. I need to run the purge, but I want to make sure some user did not accedentally deleted a large folder.
> 
> I decided to keep tests limited for now to the main inbox namespace. But also here weird results.
> 
> Status of folders before the test[1], selected 10 messages from INBOX/test2 and shift+deleted them. Then restarted thunderbird (otherwise thunderbird kept showing 211 messages), INBOX/test2 indeed shows 10 fewer messages, now 201, but no deleted messages found INBOX/test2 and weirdly 1 in INBOX??? (result is the same after a force-resync)
> 
> If this surpasses public support let me know.
> 
> 
> [1]
> [@ testtest]# doveadm -v purge -u testtest
> 
> [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*'
> Sent messages=17 vsize=7473
> Drafts messages=6 vsize=91785
> INBOX/test2 messages=211 vsize=13443443
> Junk messages=2 vsize=1969
> Deleted Messages messages=1 vsize=956
> Trash messages=47 vsize=769284
> INBOX messages=1117 vsize=207623033
> 
> [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*'
> Sent messages=0 vsize=0
> Drafts messages=0 vsize=0
> INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0
> Junk messages=0 vsize=0
> Deleted Messages messages=0 vsize=0
> Trash messages=0 vsize=0
> INBOX messages=0 vsize=0
> 
> [2]
> [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*'
> Sent messages=17 vsize=7473
> Drafts messages=5 vsize=3457
> INBOX/test2 messages=201 vsize=12806313
> Junk messages=2 vsize=1969
> Deleted Messages messages=1 vsize=956
> Trash messages=47 vsize=769284
> INBOX messages=1117 vsize=207623033
> 
> [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*'
> Sent messages=0 vsize=0
> Drafts messages=0 vsize=0
> INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0
> Junk messages=0 vsize=0
> Deleted Messages messages=0 vsize=0
> Trash messages=0 vsize=0
> INBOX messages=1 vsize=88328
> 
> 
> [3]
> [@]# doveconf | grep mail_location
> mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/%u/index:CONTROL=~/mail/control

Can you please be more specific about the steps you've taken and provide some steps how you did this testing including deleting mails and such? Now it's bit random and hard to track.

Aki