Hot to recover e-mail files from a backup?

[Thomas Spuhler]

On Wednesday 31 October 2007 02:54, Alain Spineux wrote:
> On 10/31/07, Alessio Cecchi <alessio at skye.it> wrote:
> > Kontact from Kubuntu 7.10 has delete again all my e-mail from INBOX.
> >
> > No comment.
> >
> > Now my INBOX is empty, but i have a backup of the all /kolab/.
> >
> > I have extract from backup my inbox:
> > var/imapd/spool/domain/p/domainxxx.com/u/user/user/
> >
> > I can see all single e-mail files but if copy its in the
> > location
> > /kolab/var/imapd/spool/domain/p/prisma.com/g/user/gestioneserver/ with a
> > cp i can't see the e-mail.
> >
> > What is the correct method with cyrus-imap? With Maildir/ is sufficient
> > a "cp -a" but with cyrus?
>
> If you restored all the files including the cyrus.* it should work.
> If not you can rebuild these file using cyrreconstruct.
> Someting like :
>
> # su kola-r
> $ cyrreconstruct -r -f user/gestioneserver at prisma.com

I thought we agreed the -r is broken?
>
> should do the job
>
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Alessio Cecchi is:
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> > Assistenza Sistemi GNU/Linux -> http://www.cecchi.biz/
> > @ PLUG -> Presidente, http://www.prato.linux.it
> >
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-- 
Thomas