Hello,
I know maildir format does not allow to delete INBOX as stated in
https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2016-January/102988.html. Nevertheless,
even though I deleted the entire Maildir manually with rm -rf, doveadm
backup fails with "Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed:
p -D -R -u
>> off...@domain.com imapc:
>>
>> dsync(off...@domain.com): Info: imapc(imap.mailbox.org:993): Connected to
>> 2001:67c:2050:106::143:199:993 (local 2a01:4f8:c2c:6d05::1:59928)
>>
>> dsync(off...@domain.com): Info: Mailbox deleted: Drafts
>>
>>
Info: imapc(imap.mailbox.org:993): Connected to
> 2001:67c:2050:106::143:199:993 (local 2a01:4f8:c2c:6d05::1:59928)
>
> dsync(off...@domain.com): Info: Mailbox deleted: Drafts
>
> dsync(off...@domain.com): Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed:
> INBOX can't be deleted
)
dsync(off...@domain.com): Info: Mailbox deleted: Drafts
dsync(off...@domain.com): Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed:
INBOX can't be deleted.
```
The suggested solution from this mail works, but is this still the best solution
for the error above?
https://dovecot.org/pipermail/do
he Maildir storage plugin.
>>
>> doveadm -Dv -o imapc_user=remote_user -o imapc_host=source.host -o
>> imapc_port=993 -o imapc_ssl=imaps -o imapc_password=remote_pass -o
>> imapc_features="rfc822.size fetch-headers" backup -R -u local_user imapc:
>>
>>
eaders" backup -R -u local_user imapc:
>
> All seems to go well, showing local and remote mailbox syncing without
> errors, then finally:
>
> dsync(mcg): Debug: brain M: Deleting mailbox 'INBOX' (GUID
> 59023c2a911dc255842bd09efc50): UIDVALIDITY changed (1355416734
dc255842b0000d09efc50): UIDVALIDITY changed (1355416734 ->
1438784913)
dsync(mcg): Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed: INBOX can't
be deleted.
No mail is synced to the local server (2.2.18) after this error halts
execution.
What should I be looking for, in terms of possible ca
