Hi, Sorry, just read your email again and I realize your problem is different to mine.
- Yours is that everything should be moved back to the default storage but nothing - Mine is that some of them should be moved back but everything Does "-Dv" give you any hint? On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 at 08:45, Duc Anh Do <doducanh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Your problem might be similar to mine a long time ago. IMO behavior of > "doveadm altmove -r" command with mdbox format is different to sdbox format: > > - With sdbox format, when you move back a message to primary storage > (aka default storage), only the message and the file containing it are > affected. There is nothing impacted. > - With mdbox format, a file in storage contains multiple messages. > When a message is moved back to primary storage, other messages in the same > file storage will go with it. The whole file is moved as well. > > My workaround for this case is: In the mdbox_altmove_add_files function, > after defining action for the message which is marked as MOVE_FROM_ALT, we > will continue checking other messages in the file storage. If they are not > listed in altmoves (they stay in alternate storage), their action will be > MDBOX_MSG_ACTION_MOVE_TO_ALT. That means they will be moved 2 times: to > primary storage as usual then to alternate storage again to ensure finally > they are in alternate storage. > > - Pros: > - Simple > - Do not impact other parts > - Do not require to update other processes to perform MOVE_FROM_ALT > messages > - Cons: > - Reduce performance when number of messages is big > - Increase file storage counter > - If you don't mind building Dovecot from source, give my patch a > look. > > If you don't mind building Dovecot from source, give my patch a look. > > > On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 at 05:26, Benoit Branciard < > benoit.branci...@univ-paris1.fr> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have some trouble using "doveadm altmove -r". >> >> Regular "doveadm altmove" is OK, selected mails were moved to alternate >> storage as expected. But I can't manage to get them back to original >> location, "doveadm altmove -r" has no effect. >> >> We are using Dovecot 2.3.4 (Debian Buster package). >> >> mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:DIRNAME=_@@_dbox-Mails_@ >> @_:ALT=/slow%h/mdbox >> >> doveadm altmove -u myuser since 90d >> >> -> some message files are created under /slow/my/homedir/mdbox/storage >> >> doveadm altmove -r -u myuser all >> >> -> message files are still sitting under /slow/my/homedir/mdbox/storage, >> none were created into /my/homedir/mdbox/storage. >> >> Is there some known issues with doveadm altmove in this version ? Or am >> I missing something ? >> >> I can share more config details if needed. >> >> -- >> Benoit BRANCIARD >> Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - DSIUN-SIS >> B405 - Centre PMF - 90 rue de Tolbiac - 75013 Paris >> Tel. 01 44 07 89 68 >> http://dsiun.univ-paris1.fr >> >
