When I delete the mail file from /Maildir/cur and restore it from the backup , I cannot see the body of the email when I view it (only the subject appears)
I restored only a single mail file using scp: scp r...@backup-host:/backup/vmail/coolatt/Maildir/cur/1264489757.P14232Q0M667471.ecs,S=628:2,S /home/vmail/coolatt/Maildir/cur/ Please help me. Thanks CoolAtt > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:00 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] backup & restore mailbox files manually > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, coolatt wrote: > > > Am working on a solution to backup maildir mailboxes using rsync. > > All mailbox directories are mirrored on another machine. > > > > I need advise regarding restore of the INBOX & SENT files from the backup. > > > > For e.g , [1] Can I just copy "file-x-y-z" from /Maildir/cur to restore it > > on /Maildir/cur on the mailserver. > > [2] Can I do same for SENT emails ? > > You can do so. But it can lead to duplicate mail, because the filename is > not static, e.g. message status or keyword changes are reflected there. > > There had been a thread lastly about this topic (well, a minor bit > differently); I restore the mails to a completely different folder and let > the user pick the messages and re-file them into specific mailfolders. > > Others suggested to use a script to verify filename stem (before the > colon), e.g. restore to tmp/, then check new/ and cur/, if there exists a > file with the same stem. However, there had been said that there is a > possible race condition, if the message flags are changed simultaneously. > > Regards, > > - -- > Steffen Kaiser > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBS12ub7+Vh58GPL/cAQIiFggAsbf34qad697fbVHlAZ5VmuUaurKzc9hk > 8zAqtP4zc2Tu8U9ZtMwNg1Sxw7ikYxdU5kz4JmbICVoaK4fnauXv41DZlBwgnWEw > XgFa6CiIsuVKRxgB8FeWO6X63oijOMhoqF3dJDET+RzTLiCZkj47zZaA/0JYFOYu > BV/rGfmWqT2zDdHYHI8cMjzyPzuwnYbRBDjUdScNwH35BZOKykI4/EyMmmUdfiIO > EqPlj0sSSCRroBztRoQMVyIoTkL5MV3hGDRgWKP1yc0YT9SLlzjQXY0TylumNHXH > nEjjDozOfwq7E7TrBsct68OPXMfBUB0IQ/JbHtGlhhwh6B6p8qqgxQ== > =xC+M > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010
