fs_compress is not intended to be loaded like that. It's enough to load just mail_compress.
Aki > On 05/02/2025 23:28 EET hi--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > In maildir format, you will find cur folder, it should contain all > emails in inbox and you can open it unless it was compressed and if it > was you can use doveadm to decompress it:- > > e.g. :- doveadm fs get compress zstd:6:posix:prefix=/ > "/mail/zakaria.website/hi@zakaria.website/cur/MESSAGEFILENAME" > > I tested this on dovecot 2.3 and it works. To Timo and Aki, this failed > on dovecot 2.4, it throws the following errors, it could be a bug in > this release:- > Debug: conn unix:/var/run/dovecot//stats-writer: Connecting > Debug: conn unix:/var/run/dovecot//stats-writer (pid=32320,uid=0): > Client connected (fd=5) > Debug: conn unix:/var/run/dovecot//stats-writer (pid=32320,uid=0): > Sending version handshake > Error: module /usr/lib/dovecot/libfs_compress.so: > dlsym(fs_compress_init) failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/libfs_compress.so: > undefined symbol: fs_compress_init > Error: module /usr/lib/dovecot/libfs_compress.so: > dlsym(fs_compress_deinit) failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/libfs_compress.so: > undefined symbol: fs_compress_deinit > Fatal: Couldn't load required plugin /usr/lib/dovecot/libfs_compress.so: > Module doesn't have init function > > These are my relevant configuration, I placed them at top and bottom of > the configuration file and it didnt make any difference:- > > mail_plugins = mail_compress fs_compress > fs_compress_write_method = zstd > mail_compress_write_method = zstd > compress_zstd_level = 10 > fs_compress_read_plain_fallback = yes > > With thanks. > > On 2025-02-03 14:31, Zane B Stein via dovecot wrote: > > My mail was hosted by a site that no longer handles email. I asked them > > if they could send me a file with all my emails in it and they said > > sure. I was thinking maybe I would get something I could import into > > Outlook such as a .pst or .ost file, or perhaps a .csv file. > > > > What I received was a zipped file and when I opened it there were a > > bunch of folders with emails in them in some strange format (each one > > with a . in front of it, such as .NEWMAIL ), plus a bunch of files > > along with the folders such as dovecat.index, dovecatindex.cache, > > dovecot.index.log2, dovecot.list.inex, divecot.mailbox and others with > > a dovecot prefix, plus one called maildirsize and one called > > subscriptions. > > > > I have no idea how to read the emails in this format. > > > > Can someone tell me how I can access the emails in this set of files? > > Feel free to ask if you need more information before you can answer. > > > > If I need a special program to read the files, is there an easy one > > available that is user friendly for someone with no experience with > > dovecot files? > > > > Thank you. > > Zane B Stein > > _______________________________________________ > > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
