doveadm backup : Warning: Deleting mailbox GUID= is missing locally

[Sami Ketola]

> On 27. Jan 2022, at 16.27, Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp at protonmail.ch> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As per the docs (https://wiki.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Sync) I'm presently running doveadm backup multiple times with a view to eventual server migration.
> 
> I am seeing messages such as this:
> Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Junk': UID=1826 GUID= is missing locally


this is probably a bug of some sort. Basically just means that Junk is resynced completely and not just delta.

> 
> I also have a further question. It is not clear from the docs what the role of the "-R" flag is in relation to "doveadm backup" ?  Surely by definition backup = remote -> local ?

–R means reverse sync. Reverse direction.

Sami