I checked it, after unmounting there was nothing in that directory, I also checked my backups, if /var/spool/imap has been unmounted during that one month I should have the directory under /var fylesystem in backups, but there were nothing there.. :(
Regards --F. Taj ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: Terrible problem :((((( From: "Andrew Caird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, August 7, 2004 20:53 To: "Derrick J Brashear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Derrick J Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Here's a guess, though one which is just that: you're >> using a logging filesystem of some sort, and the log had >> stuff not flushed, and was lost. >> > > Another guess is that you didn't actually have that disk > mounted for a month, and all of the mail is in the > directory that is now the mount point (although you > probably would have noticed the lack of old messages); when > you re-mounted the disk after the reboot, it hid the files > and presented the old data. Unmount that disk and see what > is in that directory. > > Good luck. > -- > Andrew > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > --- > 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 > --- 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