> On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 08:22 -0500, Bing Du wrote: >> >> Cyrus imap server (2.2.10) >> >> Linux 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:26:27 EDT 2005 i686 i686 >> i386 >> >> GNU/Linux >> >> >> >> I have several folders. All of a sudden, >> >> all the emails in my INBOX are gone!!! Other folders look fine >> though. >> >> Those gone INBOX messages are not found in the TRASH folder either. >> >> Where did they go? >> >> >> >> Anybody want to give me some hints what could have happened, where on >> >> the server to look for possible evidences? Not familiar with cyrus, >> >> where >> >> are the mail logs stored? >> >> I use SquirreMail 1.4.3a-9.EL4 as mail client. It's web based. I did >> not >> do anything special. As the first I do every morning, I just went >> through >> various folders and deleted those messages I did not want to keep after >> I >> read. I have root access to the mail server. Under my mail directory, >> I >> don't see any additional folder created to store those lost messages due >> to INBOX over quota. We don't have quota on INBOX here. >> >> The thing confused me is if it was me who deleted all the messages in >> INBOX, say by accident, those messages should be saved in the TRASH >> folders. However, the TRASH folder just had old trash and the newly >> deleted messages that I was aware of. In another word, those lost INBOX >> emails are not found in the TRASH folder. >> >> Any other thoughts, anybody? > ---- > either those mails are there or they are not - use a shell to see if > they are there... (note these commands track my RHEL system-YMMV) > > cd /var/spool/imap/c/user/craig > ls -l > > if the mails are there, then reconstruct > su - cyrus -c '/var/lib/cyrus-imapd/recontstruct -fr user.craig > > if those mails aren't there, there's no magic to make them re-appear >
I've looked. Those lost emails are not on the server. > Normally, IMAP would simply set a flag for deleted messages and require > a separate purge operation to fully delete them. > That's right. > It is possible that a mail client implementation such as squirrelmail > could create a 'Trash' folder, and copy all deleted emails to this > folder and set the delete flag on the deleted messages and purge at some > pre-appointed interval (perhaps even logout) but that would be the > squirrelmail implementation and not of interest here. That would strike > me as a rather poor concept for IMAP - especially when you have a bunch > of users as it creates too much work each time you delete a message. > Well, the messages I deleted several weeks ago are still in the TRASH folder. Only when I click 'purge' in SquirrelMail will they disappear from the mail server completely. SquirrelMail does not purge messages on logout at least I do not set it to do so. > In fact, it seems that your questions would be better served at a list > that handles squirrelmail. > I'll ping there as well. Thanks much for looking and helping. Appreciate it. By the way, where does cyrus save log files on the mail server? Bing ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
