Also, don't forget to restore the wherever/imap/user/x/username.sub & .seen files if keeping read/unread/subscribed information is important to you.
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 13:07, Ed Sanborn wrote: > Hi folks, > > When restoring IMAP email, what is the best way to restore? > That is, I have a directory like: > > # ls -la > total 26 > drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 512 Mar 11 16:04 . > drwx------ 68 cyrus mail 3584 Mar 11 16:04 .. > -rw------- 2 cyrus mail 3041 Jan 29 09:27 1. > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 911 Mar 11 16:04 238. > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 780 Mar 11 16:04 cyrus.cache > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 137 Mar 11 16:04 cyrus.header > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 96 Mar 11 16:04 cyrus.index > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 56 Mar 11 16:04 cyrus.seen > > If I restore an old message and plop it into this directory it does > not seem to appear in my IMAP client. Do I need to do a reconstruct > or something like that to get the cyrus.XXXX files to sync-up? > > -Ed > > Ed Sanborn (978) 367-8478 > Principal Network Administrator > SnowShore Networks > 285 Billerica Rd. > Chelmsford, MA. 01824 >