> On 10/11/2020 20:07 Daniel Schütze <d...@cwa.uk.com> wrote: > > > Dear Aki > Thank you. Unfortunately I'm struggling to get the right syntax for this as > it looks like someone else was here too > https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2018-July/112441.html > The location in my dovecot.conf is > > mdbox:%%h/mdbox:INDEX=/indexdisk/indexes/%%n:INDEXPVT=~/mdbox/shared/%%n
This syntax is for accessing shared folders. You probably should try doveadm -Dv -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/path/to/mdbox fetch -u victim text ALL > I'm trying to fetch a message (for testing purposes now) based on it's guid > as that is available from doveadm dump. > So my syntax is (based on the previous person who didn't get it to work). > > doveadm -o > "mail_location=mdbox_deleted:%%h/mdbox:INDEX=/indexdisk/indexes/%%n:INDEXPVT=~/mdbox/shared/%%n" > fetch "body" guid (msg.guid from doveadm dump) > Doveadm does not support var expand, so this will not work. See above for syntax. > But that's getting no response. I've tried putting in the hard path in case > there is any trouble with the %%h etc but that doesn't help either. > I've also tried the fetch with the subject of a known deleted message and > also adding mailbox Drafts (as I know that's where it is or rather was) but > to no avail. > Given doveadm dump gives msg.uid and no subject I'd prefer to use that in any > case. > There are no error messages, I do with doveadm was a little more verbose to > help over these bumps! > > Any chance of a helping hand? > > > > Aki > > > > Daniel Schütze > Director > > ------------------ > > CWA International Ltd > 5th Floor, 42 Trinity Square > London > EC3N 4DJ > > (t) + 44 (0)20 7242 8444 > (e) d...@cwa.uk.com > (w) http://www.cwa.international/ > On 10/11/20 10:53, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > > You can use mdbox_deleted driver to access mails with refcount 0. See > > https://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox > > > > Aki > > > > On 10.11.2020 12.42, Daniel Schütze wrote: > > > > > Yesterday I had to recover an e-mail which a user had deleted. If I > > > understand this correctly the message was expunged but not purged > > > (doveadm purge had not been run). > > > > > > This e-mail was clearly still in the mdbox stored with zlib > > > compression as I could tell using the doveadm dump command (doveadm > > > dump -t dbox filename). > > > > > > I could however not reveal the e-mail with the normal doveadm fetch -u > > > username "body" guid (guid from dump output) > > > > > > In the end I was able to recover the e-mail by cutting it out from the > > > mdbox and running gunzip over it, but this method was very fiddly and > > > would not have worked for a bulk job. I appreciate I could have just > > > deleted the index files and gotten all the deleted messages back by > > > having the index rebuilt but that would have been the proverbial > > > "hammer to crack a nut". > > > > > > Fortunately this e-mail had no attachment for me to worry about, as > > > those are also detached for sis by dovecot. > > > > > > Can anyone tell me of a quick and easy way to recover one or multiple > > > e-mails marked as expunged but not purged which are stored in a mdbox > > > with zlib compression? I'm sure I'll have to do this again the future > > > and my method wouldn't work with a folder! > > > > > > Clearly if I was not using zlib compression I could just have read the > > > contents of the mdbox without any complication. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Daniel Schütze > > > Director > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > CWA International Ltd > > > 5th Floor, 42 Trinity Square > > > London > > > EC3N 4DJ > > > > > > (t) + 44 (0)20 7242 8444 > > > (e) d...@cwa.uk.com > > > (w) http://www.cwa.international/ > > >
