Do you perform regular backups? :)
----- Original message ----- > Dear members, > I have early in the morning gotten to office with this puzzle. > One of the big people in office calls me and tells me that he could not > access his mails for almost an entire month. It so happens that his > person's mail box has it's latest mail as that of 10th Dec 2010. When I > checked the mailserver side on the mailbox in question, it was true this > person was missing some mails. But to my surprise, minutes later some > mails of today came into the mail box meaning that the mailbox is still > active and receiving mails. I have tried to think through the problem > and contacted many Google reads, all in vain. Contacted some friends I > consider better than me in mail servers and all tell me that is it the > first time to hear of some thing like this. > Conditions: > 1. This person doesn't POP mails off the server (uses webmail all the > time) > 2. I have failed to access the server over ssh with ma terminal (I > get a 'Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer' error [which > is usually normal considering that the server is on a different network > connected to this network by two satellite connections] when ever I try > to ssh the box). However I can get to the server through webmin (after > a number of trials) but I have failed to read the /var/log/mail log file > because, before it finishes populating in the command shell > (Webmin->Others->Command Shell) the network is reset and it times out. > This means that I have failed to read the log file. In the time being am > trying to contact ma colleague on the server-lan (who is less > experienced with a Black Screen-Read Terminal) to find the log file but > still failing. > 3. The physical distance between me and the server is too long > (300KM). Meaning I either access the machine or access it to work on > this problem. > Meanwhile as I wait for a response from the other colleague of mine, I > wanted to present this issue to you members and may be, I could find > some one who has seen it before and give me a head start. > > NOTE: The Webmail customisation of this user gives him 100 mails per > display and looking at the missing mails,(tries to make the same > number). I am made to assume that (Oba) this person by mistake selected > all and hit that Button (Delete). Am sorry to think like this but am > left with little options, considering that this is happening to only one > person on the entire mailserver having over 400 people. > > Am eager to know from you! > > > ................................................................................................................................................ > Seat of Wisdom .............Pray for us > Cause of our Joy ...........Pray for us > .................................................. > Kizito Thomas > +256-712-929564 > +256-782-062708 > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
