> On 20 September 2018 at 19:00 Chris <chris2...@postbox.xyz> wrote: > > > All, > > maybe that's a similar issue like the one mentioned in [1], > nevertheless I started a new thread. > > Using public folders: > > location = > maildir:/var/vmail/public/:LAYOUT=fs:INDEXPVT=%h/.public-indexes > > When deleting a public maildir in filesystem (rm -rf ...) and copying > back from backup, it's older than the users' dovecot.index.pvt files. > (%h is in another directory). Then the following error appears: > > Sep 19 07:27:00 mail1 dovecot: imap(dr): > Error: /var/vmail/users/dr/.public-indexes/folder1/folder2/dovecot.index.pvt > reset, view is now inconsistent >
This happens because the index.pvt is no longer valid, because you rm -rf'ed things. > Sometimes even a panic: > > Sep 19 07:27:00 mail1 dovecot: imap(dr): Panic: file mail-index-map.c: > line 548 (mail_index_map_lookup > _seq_range): assertion failed: (first_uid <= last_uid) > > When deleting such a maildir via IMAP or doveadm, the error isn't > appearing. > > Is there anything else, one has to consider, when restoring public > maildirs from rsync backup? rm all the dovecot.index.pvt files. The assert-crash should probably not happen at all. Aki > > TIA! > > Chris > > > > > > [1] 5e26fce3-5f9f-219e-55fb-48981027dca5@shift.agency