That's because the doveadm fs syntax has changed.
Try
doveadm -o fs=compress,posix -o fs/compress/fs_driver=compress -o
fs/posix/fs_driver=posix -o
fs_posix_prefix=/mail/zakaria.website/hi@zakaria.website/ fs get test
cur/messagefile
Aki
> On 06/02/2025 14:37 EET hi--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
>
> Oh, I didn't mention the first error, probably because I thought it was
> caused by the latter.
>
> When I run:-
> doveadm fs get compress zstd:10:posix:prefix=/
> "/mail/zakaria.website/hi@zakaria.website/cur/messagefile"
>
> I get:-
> Error: doveadm: Extraneous arguments found:
> "/mail/zakaria.website/hi@zakaria.website/cur/messagefile"
>
> And to my dismay, I found out that I missed two needed filesystems named
> lists and I included the following at the bottom of the config file, as
> note instructed the order matter, refer to, fs_compress, then doveadm
> decompressing just worked fine ^^.
>
> fs_compress_read_plain_fallback = yes
> fs_compress_write_method = zstd
> fs compress1 {
> fs_driver = compress
> }
> fs posix {
> }
>
> commad: doveadm fs get "zstd:6:compress:prefix=/"
> /mail/zakaria.website/hi@zakaria.website/cur/messagefile
>
> Many thanks for Aki for the heads up 👍
>
> https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.0/core/plugins/fs_compress.html
>
> On 2025-02-06 06:51, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> > 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 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
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