Re: Problems recovering IMAP Data

[Aki Tuomi]

On 18 October 2018 at 14:31 Albert Whale < albert.wh...@it-security-inc.com> wrote:

HELP, I have experience an issue with the long running IMAP service using

Dovecot 2.1.15.

I have replaced the interface cards (suspected failure), and I have only

recently been able to retrieve my Inbox (1.45GB) via POP3 protocol (I

normally run IMAP)

I am suspecting a corrupted dovecot.index, but which one? I have counted

260 files in my IMAP tree with the word dovecot.

I cannot determine which folder is corrupted with 2.1.5 even with the Mail

Debug option.

How can I recover the use of my IMAP configuration?

Thank you.

If you are using maildir format it should be safe to rm all dovecot.index* files.

It can cause your mailbox some initial performance problems if you have a large mailbox.

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Aki Tuomi