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reconstruct - reconstruct mailboxes
SYNOPSIS
reconstruct [ -C config-file ] [ -r ] [ -f ] mailbox...
reconstruct [ -C config-file ] -m
DESCRIPTION
Reconstruct rebuilds one or more IMAP mailboxes. When
invoked with the -m switch, it rebuilds the master mail-
boxes file. It can be used to recover from almost any
sort of data corruption.
If Reconstruct can find existing header and index files,
it attempts to preserve any data in them that is not
derivable from the message files themselves. The state
reconstruct attempts to preserve includes the flag names,
flag state, and internaldate. Reconstruct derives all
other information from the message files.
Reconstruct reads its configuration options out of the
imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C. Any
mailbox directory underneath the path specified in the
partition-news configuration option is assumed to be in
news format.
Reconstruct does not adjust the quota usage recorded in
any quota root files. After running reconstruct, it is
advisable to run quota(8) with the -f switch in order to
fix the quota root files.
OPTIONS-C config-file
Read configuration options from config-file.
-r Recursively reconstruct all sub-mailboxes of the
mailboxes or mailbox prefixes given as arguments.
-f Examine the filesystem underneath mailbox, adding
all directories with a cyrus.header found there as
new mailboxes. Useful for restoring mailboxes from
backups.
-m NOTE: CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
Rebuild the mailboxes file. Use whatever data in
the existing mailboxes file it can scavenge, then
scans all partitions listed in the imapd.conf(5)
file for additional mailboxes.
FILES
/etc/imapd.conf
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