Restore folder from backup (kolab 2.04)

[Christian Funke]

Am Mittwoch, 4. März 2009 09:45:36 schrieb Jacques Hylkema:
> Hello,
>
> I have problems restoring a folder of one of my users, which he
> accidentally deleted.
>
> I tried the following:
> - Restored the folder from a backup using scp
> - The folder in question is:
> /kolab/var/imapd/spool/domain/intronics.nl/user/j^m^dekker/Leveranciers/R--
>S - Changed the owner and group of the folder and all subfolders and files
> to kolab-r / kolab-r
> - su - kolab-r
> - /kolab/bin/cyrreconstruct -r -f
> user/j^m^dekker/Leveranciers/*@intronics.nl
>
> The output of this displayed all folders within Leveranciers, except the
> R--S folder. I did not see any "discover" line and the folder could not
> be seen in Thunderbird
> Then I deleted all cyrus.* files from the R--S folder, including
> sub-folders, and ran the cyrreconstruct again, with the same result.
>
> I have the following configuration:
>
> Kolab2 Groupware Server Version
> 2.0.4
>
Hi, 

I ran into the same problems a while ago, I solved it by copying the file 
cyrus.header from a working folder (i. e. the Inbox) to the folder in 
question, then cyrreconstruct found the folder all mail was available again, 
albeit marked as unread, but i guess this is only a minor nuisance.

Greets Christian