Re: [Dovecot] restore lost emails
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Daminto Lie wrote: > OK, but if I want to restore a particular mail from backups, what're > the steps involved? What I mean is do I just copy and paste that mail > file from backups to the user account maildir folder and what program > should I run to synchronize it. > exactly, just copy the mail from your backup back into the users maildir (usually into 'cur'). Make sure the permissions of the restored file are correct. No need to synchronize anything, dovecot automatically detects the added message.
Re: [Dovecot] restore lost emails
From: Timo Sirainen To: Daminto Lie Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Sent: Tue, 7 June, 2011 12:30:17 AM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] restore lost emails On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 21:06 -0700, Daminto Lie wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with this. I am running > Postfix 2.7.0, Dovecot 1.2.9 and squirrelmail. Every week, I perform a > back-up > on both Postfix and Dovecot (maildir and conf folders). That's good because I > have all the emails backed up. And now what I would like to ask is whether or > not there are any easy way of restoring e-mails if some emails got deleted by > accident or for other reason. So far, I have tried to look up the answer on > the > > Internet but got a bit of vague answer. Other than finding and restoring the mail from backups, there's no simple way. Although you could configure Dovecot to do lazy-expunging: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Lazyexpunge Thank you for your reply, Timo. OK, but if I want to restore a particular mail from backups, what're the steps involved? What I mean is do I just copy and paste that mail file from backups to the user account maildir folder and what program should I run to synchronize it. Thank you once again
Re: [Dovecot] restore lost emails
On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 21:06 -0700, Daminto Lie wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with this. I am running > Postfix 2.7.0, Dovecot 1.2.9 and squirrelmail. Every week, I perform a > back-up > on both Postfix and Dovecot (maildir and conf folders). That's good because I > have all the emails backed up. And now what I would like to ask is whether or > not there are any easy way of restoring e-mails if some emails got deleted by > accident or for other reason. So far, I have tried to look up the answer on > the > Internet but got a bit of vague answer. Other than finding and restoring the mail from backups, there's no simple way. Although you could configure Dovecot to do lazy-expunging: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Lazyexpunge
[Dovecot] restore lost emails
Hi, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with this. I am running Postfix 2.7.0, Dovecot 1.2.9 and squirrelmail. Every week, I perform a back-up on both Postfix and Dovecot (maildir and conf folders). That's good because I have all the emails backed up. And now what I would like to ask is whether or not there are any easy way of restoring e-mails if some emails got deleted by accident or for other reason. So far, I have tried to look up the answer on the Internet but got a bit of vague answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
