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Old 05-26-2011, 01:41 AM   #1
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CyrusIMAP: How can one move mailbox subfolders to another mailbox, serverside?


Hi there!

(We are running CyrusIMAP v2.3.16 on Slackware 13.1)

The Problem:
A user deleted a HUGE public Folder (>10000 Messages, >250 Subfolders), and now the Folder is in his "Trash" folder.

Besides the obvious "Why did he have the access rights to do so in the first place??" question, I am honestly at a loss as to how the user did it:
Trying to copy it back using Thunderbird failed utterly, TB crashes, or copies only a part, or nothing at all... (Tried 3.x on Windows and Linux Clients)

So now I'm searching for a way to copy the folder back serverside.
But web and manpages seem to offer few help:
I don't want to move the folder to another partition, nor do I want to reconstruct or restore any corrupted data...

All I want is to copy the folder from "user/USERNAME/Trash/HERE" back to "shared/archive/HERE".

Any ideas? Thx!

BOB
 
Old 05-27-2011, 04:22 AM   #2
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telnet rules!

Ok, further digging helped:

- Read RFC 3501, Command "RENAME"
- telnet into IMAP Server
- Rename the mailbox
- wait... took almost 2h to complete command
- "Yeah, it's all back where it belongs!!!" :-)

Marking thread SOLVED!
 
  


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