Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/21/24 15:43, Daniel Lange via dovecot wrote: Hi Nils, Am 21.06.24 um 15:09 schrieb Nils via dovecot: Looks like there is no IMAP access at all for the second mail. [German UI Thunderbird] Menu Bearbeiten -> Konten-Einstellungen -> [choose your main identity] -> Weitere Identitäten -> [Choose one] -> Bearbeiten -> Kopien & Ordner -> tick "Eine Kopie speichern unter" and choose a Sent mail folder that you like -> click "Ok" [English UI Thunderbird] Menu Edit -> Account Settings -> [choose your main identity] -> Manage Identities -> [Choose one] -> Edit -> Copies & Folders -> tick "Place a copy in" and choose a Sent mail folder that you like -> click "OK" Kind regards, Daniel Sehr vielen Dank, Daniel! Thank you very much, Daniel! I can't believe it. I'd never thought that it would fall back to "Sent on local folders" instead of the account-setting. All the emails I've been searching for on the server were stored locally. When I migrated to a new server, I've changed the name of the mail server. I didn't had to recreate my accounts in Thunderbird. I just edited the server name and had to store all the passwords again. Still, that must have been enough to trigger Thunderbird to change that setting to a fallback. I'm pretty sure that I didn't change that setting, when I was creating the identities. Until now, I didn't even notice that Thunderbirds Identity-Editor had more than one tab. Ich bin so froh, dass Du dieses Rätsel gelöst hast! I'm so glad that you've solved this mystery. ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/21/24 14:46, Aki Tuomi wrote:
You need to enable the plugin
mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify mail_log
Aki
Thank you very much, that helped a lot.
It seems that thunderbird isn't even trying to save those mails.
Test 1 From = em...@server.tld
Jun 21 12:56:05 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: connect from
PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS]
Jun 21 12:56:06 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: 2983EC0CA8:
client=PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS], sasl_method=PLAIN,
sasl_username=em...@server.tld
Jun 21 12:56:06 SERVER postfix/cleanup[45031]: 2983EC0CA8:
message-id=<49d73ced-269c-4f05-b89d-614097627...@server.tld>
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER amavis[40800]: (40800-05) Passed CLEAN
{AcceptedInbound}, AM.PDP-SOCK [IPV6_ADDRESS] [IPV6_ADDRESS]
-> , Queue-ID: 2983EC0CA8,
Message-ID: <49d73ced-269c-4f05-b89d-614097627...@server.tld>,
mail_id: 9mB76WgPvzIT, Hits: 0.976, size: 756, 1096 ms
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER opendkim[1081]: 2983EC0CA8: DKIM-Signature
field added (s=key1, d=SERVER.TLD)
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 2983EC0CA8:
from=, size=453, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(45035): Connect from local
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<45035>: save:
box=INBOX, uid=8141,
msgid=<49d73ced-269c-4f05-b89d-614097627...@server.tld>, size=1439
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<45035>: sieve:
msgid=<49d73ced-269c-4f05-b89d-614097627...@server.tld>: stored mail
into mailbox 'INBOX'
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER postfix/lmtp[45034]: 2983EC0CA8:
to=, relay=SERVER.de[private/dovecot-lmtp],
delay=1.2, delays=1.2/0.01/0.01/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250
2.0.0 u1CbE2d4dWbrrwAAVy37qw Saved)
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(45035): Disconnect from local:
Logged out (state=READY)
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 2983EC0CA8: removed
*Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot:
imap(em...@server.tld)<44972>: save:
box=Sent, uid=246,
msgid=<49d73ced-269c-4f05-b89d-614097627...@server.tld>, size=436
Jun 21 12:56:07 SERVER dovecot:
imap(em...@server.tld)<44972>:
Disconnected: Logged out in=636 out=8876 deleted=0 expunged=0
trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0*
Jun 21 12:56:12 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: disconnect
from PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS] ehlo=2 starttls=1 auth=1 mail=1 rcpt=1
data=1 quit=1 commands=8
Test 2 From = al...@server.tld
Jun 21 12:56:22 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: connect from
PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS]
Jun 21 12:56:22 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: D523BC0CA8:
client=PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS], sasl_method=PLAIN,
sasl_username=em...@server.tld
Jun 21 12:56:22 SERVER postfix/cleanup[45031]: D523BC0CA8:
message-id=<5a512675-5b1d-4532-811d-5911c82c5...@server.tld>
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER amavis[40604]: (40604-06) Passed CLEAN
{AcceptedInbound}, AM.PDP-SOCK [IPV6_ADDRESS] [IPV6_ADDRESS]
-> , Queue-ID: D523BC0CA8,
Message-ID: <5a512675-5b1d-4532-811d-5911c82c5...@server.tld>,
mail_id: 9UshOCYrnVmj, Hits: 0.976, size: 768, 1063 ms
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER opendkim[1081]: D523BC0CA8: DKIM-Signature
field added (s=key1, d=SERVER.TLD)
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: D523BC0CA8:
from=, size=463, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(45035): Connect from local
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<45035>: save:
box=INBOX, uid=8142,
msgid=<5a512675-5b1d-4532-811d-5911c82c5...@server.tld>, size=1453
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<45035>: sieve:
msgid=<5a512675-5b1d-4532-811d-5911c82c5...@server.tld>: stored mail
into mailbox 'INBOX'
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER postfix/lmtp[45034]: D523BC0CA8:
to=, relay=SERVER.de[private/dovecot-lmtp],
delay=1.1, delays=1.1/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0
gOLQOnd4dWbrrwAAVy37qw Saved)
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(45035): Disconnect from local:
Logged out (state=READY)
Jun 21 12:56:23 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: D523BC0CA8: removed
Jun 21 12:56:29 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[45028]: disconnect
from PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS] ehlo=2 starttls=1 auth=1 mail=1 rcpt=1
data=1 quit=1 commands=8
Looks like there is no IMAP access at all for the second mail.
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Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/20/24 22:40, Nils via dovecot wrote:
Lots of the emails I send aren't stored in the sent folder. It seems
that it mostly (but not always) work for sent emails where the main
email-address (the one that is also used as login name) is used as
sender. It never seems to work when an alias is used as sender name.
There isn't any entry in the mail.err log and nothing that looks
suspicious to me in the regular mail.log.
I didn't notice it at first, because I usually don't check my sent
folder that much, but I it seems to have started when I migrated to
the new server a few weeks ago.
Any idea what could be the reason for it?
Kind regards,
Nils
I've copied the file "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.ucf-dist" to
"/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf" and changed it's content to:
mail_debug = yes
# mail_log plugin provides more event logging for mail processes.
plugin {
mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete
mailbox_rename save mailbox_create mailbox_rename flag_change
mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size flags from subject
}
I've restarted dovecot, but the verbosity level of the logs didn't
change. The events "delete" and "save" are not being logged for mails.
Could someone please tell me how to change the verbosity level of the
dovecot logs?
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Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
Thank you very much for your reply. On 6/21/24 07:21, Alex via dovecot wrote: For Thunderbird I suggest going to "Copies & Folders" of the account and replacing "Place a copy in" with "Bcc these email addresses" option. Then if you want outgoing mails to be in the Sent folder on IMAP server, move them there with a Sieve filter. I understand that this would be a very safe solution. It's a very good idea for a workaround. Storing sent mails over IMAP is unreliable because it is not the same connection as you use for SMTP. It is always possible that you manage to send the mail out but fail to connect to IMAP or disconnect from the network before the message is fully stored there. Yes, that's very reasonable. But wouldn't a problem like that show up in the log files? The default of storing messages over IMAP looks to me like a historical solution that evolved by users switching from using TUI clients that stored mails in the Sent folder using "Fcc" mechanism on the remote *nix machines to accessing these same *nix machines over IMAP sometimes. In this case it makes sense to store mails into the same folder. But now that email servers are accessed exclusively over IMAP and not remote shell, Bcc to self looks like a better solution. I get what you mean. You have one protocol/access for sending and storing the message. Still it wouldn't satisfy my curiosity. Not to find out why the problem is occurring only with emails that have an alias as the sender in the "From" field, would be a pity. ___ dovecot mailing list --dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email todovecot-le...@dovecot.org ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
Thanks a lot for your input Joseph.
On 6/21/24 01:42, Joseph Tam via dovecot wrote:
Sounds to me like some mail reader filtering rule.
Ordinarily, dovecot does not handle the capture of outgoing mail, Most
of the time, it's the mail reader (MUA) that files outgoing messages to a
sent-mail folder, and less commonly, the MTA will do it.
I considered that, but it started happening when I migrated to a new
server while still using the same MUA. I know, that it's easy to confuse
correlation with causality, but when a problem starts occurring the
moment you change a component, it's mostly a good idea to start looking
there.
Also, I was hoping that dovecot would provide better logging options
than Thunderbird. So that I'd be able to see if the command for saving
those mails even reaches dovecot.
Mail readers probably employ their own logic to determine what belongs
in the sent mail folder: it could be all outgoing mail, it could be redirected
based on some role filter.
That would be a very good explanation for some of the problems but not
for all.
require "fileinto";
require "imap4flags";
if header :contains "List-ID" [ "dovecot.dovecot.org" ] {
fileinto "dovecot-user";
setflag "\\Seen";
stop;
}
This could have been a reason, why the mails I sent to this mailing list
do not appear in my Sent folder. But then I would expect them to be in
the folder "dovecot-user", where they aren't either.
Also there are other mails, using an alias as "From" address, where none
of my filters would apply and they aren't stored to the sent folder as well.
If you have a repeatable case, check it against your filter rule set. If it's
inconsistent (the same message does and does not make it into your sent
mail folder), you can look at other causes.
Yes, I have repeatable cases. Any email I send, using an alias as "From"
address, will be sent successfully but not stored. No matter what
content it may have. Emails send to the same recipient with exactly the
same content will be stored to the sent folder when the "From" address
is the main email address.
Still, there is no filter rule that would apply to that. Additionally, I
only use "fileinto" actions in my filter rules. If it were one of them,
the Email would have been stored somewhere else. I tried the
aforementioned testcase, using a unique string as content. Running a
full text search for that string on the servers mailbox folder only
showed the one email that was not using the alias as sender name.
Joseph Tam
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Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/20/24 22:40, Nils via dovecot wrote: Lots of the emails I send aren't stored in the sent folder. It seems that it mostly (but not always) work for sent emails where the main email-address (the one that is also used as login name) is used as sender. It never seems to work when an alias is used as sender name. There isn't any entry in the mail.err log and nothing that looks suspicious to me in the regular mail.log. I didn't notice it at first, because I usually don't check my sent folder that much, but I it seems to have started when I migrated to the new server a few weeks ago. Any idea what could be the reason for it? Kind regards, Nils I spent some more time checking. I think I might made a mistake when I said that some of the emails, where the main email-address is used as sender, are not saved into the Sent folder. After carefully double-checking, it seems to be that: * All emails that have the main email-address (that is used as login-name) as "From" value are stored to the "Sent"-folder * All emails that have an alias as "From" value are not store to the "Sent"-folder ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/20/24 23:15, Christopher Wensink via dovecot wrote: If you using Thunderbird I would try repairing the folder, (under properties) or compact folders. That fixes a lot of issues for us. The only other thought I had was maybe the UID of your use for the sent folder was different from the old to the new server, and the mail is still trying to be copied to the old uid? Chris Thank you for your hints, Chris. I didn't know that Thunderbird had a repair option. Sadly it didn't work this time, but I will keep it in mind for the future. I'm not exactly sure if I understand you correctly. Do you mean the filesystem uid as in user-id/owner of the folder or is there something that I don't know of. ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/20/24 23:00, Marc wrote: Maybe reindex the mailbox and see if the messages turn up? Yes, thanks for the good idea. Not sure if I did it right: doveadm force-resync -u em...@server.tld Sent It didn't show an error, but the emails didn't appear. I've already searched for the email files on the server and they weren't there. ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
On 6/20/24 22:47, Marc wrote: using outlook? I also had this, and when I searched for this, I found lots of people have had this and it is a known issue since many years. (They recommend creating new profile) Thank you very much for your fast response, Marc. I use Thunderbird (currently 115.12.0). I was suspicious of my client too, but I manage accounts on other servers with that client too and they seem to work without problems (although I don't use aliases there). I'm gonna prepare another client and check that. I definitely don't know if it's a dovecot issue, but I thinks it's a good place to start looking, since dovecot is managing the mailboxes. Can I increase the verbosity in a way that saving an email into a folder would be logged? ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Only some of my sent emails are stored in sent-folder
Lots of the emails I send aren't stored in the sent folder. It seems
that it mostly (but not always) work for sent emails where the main
email-address (the one that is also used as login name) is used as
sender. It never seems to work when an alias is used as sender name.
There isn't any entry in the mail.err log and nothing that looks
suspicious to me in the regular mail.log.
I didn't notice it at first, because I usually don't check my sent
folder that much, but I it seems to have started when I migrated to the
new server a few weeks ago.
Any idea what could be the reason for it?
Kind regards,
Nils
Test 1 using main email address (NOT STORED IN SENT FOLDER)
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: connect from
INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS]
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: 3B8B0C0DA8:
client=INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS], sasl_method=PLAIN,
sasl_username=recipi...@server.tld
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/cleanup[5161]: 3B8B0C0DA8:
message-id=
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER amavis[5197]: (05197-01) Passed CLEAN
{AcceptedInbound}, AM.PDP-SOCK [IPV6_ADDRESS] [IPV6_ADDRESS]
-> , Queue-ID: 3B8B0C0DA8,
Message-ID: , mail_id:
nv7qsKFzK11D, Hits: 0.975, size: 702, 463 ms
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER opendkim[1081]: 3B8B0C0DA8: DKIM-Signature field
added (s=SERVER.TLD, d=SERVER.TLD)
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 3B8B0C0DA8:
from=, size=402, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(5228): Connect from local
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<5228>: sieve:
msgid=: stored mail
into mailbox 'INBOX'
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/lmtp[5227]: 3B8B0C0DA8:
to=, relay=SERVER.TLD[private/dovecot-lmtp],
delay=0.55, delays=0.54/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0
cL5iLbSMdGZsFAAAVy37qw Saved)
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(5228): Disconnect from local:
Logged out (state=READY)
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 3B8B0C0DA8: removed
Jun 20 20:10:28 SERVER dovecot: imap-login: Login:
user=, method=PLAIN, rip=IPV6_ADDRESS,
lip=2a01:4f8:10a:e50::2, mpid=5248, TLS,
session=
Jun 20 20:10:29 SERVER dovecot:
imap(recipi...@server.tld)<5248>:
Disconnected: Logged out in=496 out=637 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0
hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0
Jun 20 20:10:33 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: disconnect from
INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS] ehlo=2 starttls=1 auth=1 mail=1 rcpt=1
data=1 quit=1 commands=8
Test 2 using alias email address (NOT STORED IN SENT FOLDER)
Jun 20 20:10:41 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: connect from
INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS]
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: 184A5C0DAD:
client=INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS], sasl_method=PLAIN,
sasl_username=em...@server.tld
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER postfix/cleanup[5161]: 184A5C0DAD:
message-id=
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER amavis[5196]: (05196-02) Passed CLEAN
{AcceptedInbound}, AM.PDP-SOCK [IPV6_ADDRESS] [IPV6_ADDRESS]
-> , Queue-ID: 184A5C0DAD,
Message-ID: , mail_id:
ySF-pJQA8aRl, Hits: 0.975, size: 716, 607 ms
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER opendkim[1081]: 184A5C0DAD: DKIM-Signature field
added (s=key1, d=SERVER.TLD)
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 184A5C0DAD:
from=, size=408, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(5228): Connect from local
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER dovecot:
lmtp(recipi...@server.tld)<5228>: sieve:
msgid=: stored mail
into mailbox 'INBOX'
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(5228): Disconnect from local:
Logged out (state=READY)
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER postfix/lmtp[5227]: 184A5C0DAD:
to=, relay=SERVER.TLD[private/dovecot-lmtp],
delay=0.69, delays=0.68/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0
KCs+LcKMdGZsFAAAVy37qw Saved)
Jun 20 20:10:42 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 184A5C0DAD: removed
Jun 20 20:10:47 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5156]: disconnect from
INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS] ehlo=2 starttls=1 auth=1 mail=1 rcpt=1
data=1 quit=1 commands=8
Test 3 using main email address (stored in sent-folder)
Jun 20 20:30:24 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5813]: connect from
INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS]
Jun 20 20:30:25 SERVER postfix/submission/smtpd[5813]: 3F2C1C0DAD:
client=INTERNET_PROVIDER[IPV6_ADDRESS], sasl_method=PLAIN,
sasl_username=em...@server.tld
Jun 20 20:30:25 SERVER postfix/cleanup[5818]: 3F2C1C0DAD:
message-id=<603d7b61-d8d1-4099-bbc2-f0d2e9c77...@server.tld>
Jun 20 20:30:26 SERVER amavis[5197]: (05197-02) Passed CLEAN
{AcceptedInbound}, AM.PDP-SOCK [IPV6_ADDRESS] [IPV6_ADDRESS]
-> , Queue-ID: 3F2C1C0DAD,
Message-ID: <603d7b61-d8d1-4099-bbc2-f0d2e9c77...@server.tld>, mail_id:
KDDY0Tv2B0Ut, Hits: 0.975, size: 704, 1096 ms
Jun 20 20:30:26 SERVER opendkim[1081]: 3F2C1C0DAD: DKIM-Signature field
added (s=key1, d=SERVER.TLD)
Jun 20 20:30:26 SERVER postfix/qmgr[1792]: 3F2C1C0DAD:
from=, size=398, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 20 20:30:26 SERVER dovecot: lmtp(5824): Connect from local
Jun 20
Re: doveadm backup empties the remote host? SERIOUSLY???
On 4/27/24 16:30, Nils via dovecot wrote: I have a file backup and since that backup, new emails have been received. Also, not all of the emails were deleted - many folders weren't affected. Additionally I was able to restore a few of the deleted emails with ext4magic. So now I have three sources: 1. MAIN (new dovecot) contains the emails in the folders that weren't deleted and the emails received after the incident. 2. BACKUP (of mail directory) contains all emails from last backup date (including those still in the folders that weren't deleted). 3. RECOVER (directory) contains deleted email files that were recovered. How can I join these sources into MAIN, * without deleting any emails from MAIN (for example those that have been received today) and * with only reading and not writing into BACKUP and RECOVER? Is there any more or less convenient way to achieve that? If not, can I just dump all the files together and make dovecot recreate the indexes? ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org Will doveadm-import automatically detect if a message already exists or could I end up with duplicates? Or is it unnecessary to worry about that because of the unique filename each message has? ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: doveadm backup empties the remote host? SERIOUSLY???
On 4/27/24 12:31, Aki Tuomi via dovecot wrote: Yeah. Backup command, without -R backs to location, not from location. Mailman archive is athttps://www.dovecot.org/mailman3/mailman3/lists/ Aki ___ dovecot mailing list --dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email todovecot-le...@dovecot.org I have a file backup and since that backup, new emails have been received. Also, not all of the emails were deleted - many folders weren't affected. Additionally I was able to restore a few of the deleted emails with ext4magic. So now I have three sources: 1. MAIN (new dovecot) contains the emails in the folders that weren't deleted and the emails received after the incident. 2. BACKUP (of mail directory) contains all emails from last backup date (including those still in the folders that weren't deleted). 3. RECOVER (directory) contains deleted email files that were recovered. How can I join these sources into MAIN, * without deleting any emails from MAIN (for example those that have been received today) and * with only reading and not writing into BACKUP and RECOVER? Is there any more or less convenient way to achieve that? If not, can I just dump all the files together and make dovecot recreate the indexes? ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
Re: doveadm backup empties the remote host? SERIOUSLY???
On 4/26/24 14:04, Aki Tuomi wrote: We have migration guide, see https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/migrating_mailboxes/ Aki regarding this guide: I am supposed to set up doveadm service on the old server and then call "doveadm backup -Ru username tcp:host:port" on the new server? So the reason that doveadm deleted everything yesterday was that I forgot the -R option? "The doveadm backup command forces the destination to look exactly like the source, deleting mails and mailboxes if necessary." Why did doveadm backup create (empty) mailboxes on the new server, when I mistakably used it in the wrong direction? - Had to switch of the email server for over 10 hours yesterday. any messages might not have reached me. is there a mailman archive? ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
doveadm backup empties the remote host? SERIOUSLY???
Sure it's my own fault - no discussion about that, but seriously? How dangerously unintuitive it that? I found it when I was searching for a good practice to migrate a mail server with rsync and I mistakably assumed it works in the same direction as rsync. Luckily i have a backup from all mails except today's. Please, someone tell me what's the best procedure to migrate dovecot. ___ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
