On 12-10-09 02:59 PM, John C Nash wrote: > Twice this year I've lost some archived messages when moving files from an > IMAP account to > local files on Thunderbird. The problem appears to be that the IMAP server is > slow to mark > messages, and the "move" then deletes them before moving them. > > Since I discovered the problem in Feb, I've been careful, but just now went > back to July > and found some message with just blank headers. > > 1) Has anyone else seen this? I have a lot of messages, so that could be part > of the issue. > > 2) Any ideas how to ensure the messages are safely moved? I have to delete at > some point, > and manual checking is quite tedious. > > JN > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
You know somebody will bring this up! What about your backups? Most backup regimens maintain three or more archives at different time points, so you may be able to restore data from an older archive. If not "real" backups, copy the data via rsync on a cron task in the middle of the night to different destinations changing by day of week and Bob's yer Uncle. Once you've got a local copy of the IMAP source folders, you are in business. Rsync can be set to only add new data without removing data not on the source. -- Bill _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
