> Christian Rost wrote: >> KS schrieb: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am a total newbee at courier mail system and the only reason I have >>> to >>> know more about it is because my host moved my account from one >>> machine >>> to another and now the mail part is not as it was. Now for a bit of >>> detail: >>> >>> New machine: Linux maryland 2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Jan 23 >>> 13:01:26 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >>> >>> Old machine: Linux stonewall 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5xen #1 SMP Mon Apr 30 >>> 20:58:43 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >>> >>> My host uses cPanel and courier as the MTA. In the old machine I get a >>> normal folder listing and my mail messages are there(in webmail Horde). >>> However, in the new machine, I don't have any of the old mail (mail >>> before the move) in my inbox. Also I see the various courier folders >>> when I view it in Horde. I use Thunderbird on my desktop to access the >>> mail and now Thunderbird refuses to copy sent mail to Sent folder and >>> says it doesn't exist and can't create it either. Other folders e.g. >>> Trash is not accessible either - Thunderbird throws an error! SELECT >>> failed: Can't open mailbox Trash: no such mailbox. >>> >>> So I thought that there was some problem during the move and rsynced >>> the >>> contents again from the old machine to new machine. However, the >>> problem >>> still remains. Any tips on what I can do to get my mail back to normal? >>> >>> >> Hi, >> >> how did you rsync the contents? What was the command you used? >> > I used the following command: > > ~$ rsync -avz ~/mail/domainname.com/username/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/spider/mail/domainname.com/username/ > >> Because we consolidated several mail-servers into one big machine, we >> had to move several MailDirs from the old machines to the new one >> without any problems, and we took rsync, too. But you need to remember >> two things, >> >> 1. setting approriate User/ Group rights to access the Maildir on the >> new machine >> 2. all folders within the Maildir are hidden folders >> >> Christian > > The user is the same on both machines, and all files are > username:username on both. The account is a jailshell if it matters. The > following is what I get from a listing in the directory: > > ~/mail/domainname.com/username/$ ls -a > ./ .Sent/ .mailboxlist courierimapkeywords/ > courierimapuiddb maildirsize tmp/ > ../ .Trash/ courierimaphieracl/ courierimapsubscribed cur/ > new/ > > which shows that not all folders are hidden here. But they are same as > on the old machine which shows mail normally. > > Thanks, > KS > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Courier-imap mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > Are your users "system users" or "virtual users"?
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