1 (edited by dropestein 2020-06-26 23:25:27)

Topic: Directly importing vmail/vmail1 mailboxes backup

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Hi guys! I'm recurring to you again now for something I couldn't find in other places:
This is about backing up the vmail folder, reinstalling iRedMail, receiving a couple of emails and restoring the vmail folder.

The cronology:
1- I had a iRedMail installation with Roundcube
2- I backed up the vmail/vmail1 folder using rsync
3- I wiped my VPS and made a fresh install of iRedMail, now without Roundcube but with SOGo
4- I created all my original mailboxes again and even used one for some emails yesterday
5- Today I backed up my current vmail/vmail1 folder just in case
6- Then restored the original vmail/vmail1 folder withou using the "--delete" option in rsync
7- Made dovecot recalculate mailbox quota
8- Accesed my email through SOGo... but... it was just as yesterday, no old emails visible, just the new ones (from step 4)
9- And yes, I checked the ownerwhip and permissions in the restored vmail/vmail1 folder
10- I got scared and restored my backup from my 5th step with the "---delete" option to go back in time and come ask for guidance here

So I have all my old emails (around 2GB of work emails, so yes, this is kind of important for me) in a vmail/vmail1 backup folder, but I don't know how to import them to my current iRedMail installation.

Thanks in advance! smile

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Re: Directly importing vmail/vmail1 mailboxes backup

While you re-create mail accounts, please make sure the maildir path stored in SQL db is same as the one on file system.

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Re: Directly importing vmail/vmail1 mailboxes backup

ZhangHuangbin wrote:

While you re-create mail accounts, please make sure the maildir path stored in SQL db is same as the one on file system.

In this case I have e-mail accounts already working well in my install and the only thing I did was to add my old "vmail1" folder (using rsync to keep the current files in it) to my already working vmail folder installation. I asume (maybe I'm wrong) that the database is not changed by that. And I can still access to any account and see my new emails, but not the "restored" ones. Should I still check the SQL database in case it has changed after the rsync?

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Re: Directly importing vmail/vmail1 mailboxes backup

After rsynced, please make sure the mailbox files are owned by "vmail:vmail", permission 0700.