David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
This is potentially critical and I hope it is just because I am doing something wrong in tbird 14. The server is postifx, the mta is dovecot, the mailbox is imap.
I was searching for some critical emails from March and April 2011. Checking my inbox, there are no messages prior to 5/31/2011. WTF? So I then looked in the "archive" folder expecting to find them - nothing. There is nothing in "archive" since 12/12/2010. There is another folder called "Archive", but it has nothing in it.
Checking the Settings -> Copies & Folders under Message Archives, I have the following:
[x] Keep messages archives in: o "Archives" Folder on Rankin Law Firm Archive options... When archiving messages, place them in: o Yearly archived folders [x] Keep existing folder structure of archived messages
Checking the actual mail files on the server in ~/Mail, I have an "archive" showing the date of "May 18 2011 archive". However, when I look at the archive in tbird there is nothing shown from 12/12/10 on and nothing in my inbox before 5/31/11. So where is all the mail from 12/12/10-5/31/11?
I cannot express the enormity and implications of a potential loss like this. Apparently the mail is still in the "archive" file, but not displayed in the "archive" folder of tbird?
How do I get the mail back?
I don't think it's a problem with either Thunderbird or Dovecot. My email goes back to 2001, when I first started using Linux as my main system. I currently use Dovecot, but started out with UoW IMAP. Given it appears this is for business use, I hope you have maintained backups. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org