On 2008-02-01 19:23 +0100, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > The question is, why did I lose the data? Isn't the journal in ext3 > supposed to prevent this from happening?
No. The purpose of a journal is to ensure data integrity, not to make sure the disk is always in sync with the file data cache. If you want that, you have to mount the filesystem with the `sync' option (which will result in a big performance loss). My hunch is that your mails never made it to the disk and are lost for good. FWIW, I'd recommend to leave mails on the server, if you are using POP3, to ensure they aren't lost in case of a power failure. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
