Store restore

[nanosani]

I have got the store folder as a backup from a previous zimbra mail server (It was on Ubuntu). Now I have a new Zimbra server on FC5. I've made the same users that were on the previous server on the new server too. Now my question is that how do I restore the messages in store folder to appropriate users ?

[dkarp]

If all you have is the store folder, you're going to lose your tags, folders, read status, contacts, etc. But, as you've surmised, you can get the mail back.

The store folder has a subfolder called incoming (ignore it) and at least one numbered folder starting with 0. Look at the subfolders of these numbered folders, which are also numbered. In other words, store/0/1, store/0/2, etc. Each of these sub-subfolders of store contains all the mail for a single user. With only the store folder available, you have to figure out whose folder is whose by brainpower and observation.

When you've figured out who a given folder (say, store/0/2) belongs to, you'll add the messages in the leaf folders in that directory to the appropriate account on your new mailbox server. (These leaf directories will be named something like store/0/2/msg/0.) Attach to the new server via the zmmailbox tool and use zmmailbox addMessage INBOX store/0/2/msg/0 (or whatever the path to the leaf folder is) -- all the mail in the subfolder will be added. Repeat for the remainder of the leaf folders in that mailbox's store folder.

Do this for every subsubfolder of store and you'll be good!

[nanosani]

When I executed this as zimbra user:
zmmailbox addMessage INBOX store/0/3/msg/0

I got this error:
ERROR: zclient.CLIENT_ERROR (no mailbox selected. select one with authenticate/adminAuthenticate/selectMailbox)

And then I executed:

#zmmailbox
>authenticate user@domain.com password
>addMessage INBOX store/0/3/msg/0

I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: store/0/3/msg/0 (Permission denied)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.jav a:106)
at com.zimbra.common.util.ByteUtil.getContent(ByteUti l.java:86)
at com.zimbra.cs.zclient.ZMailboxUtil.addMessage(ZMai lboxUtil.java:1095)
at com.zimbra.cs.zclient.ZMailboxUtil.doAddMessage(ZM ailboxUtil.java:1113)
at com.zimbra.cs.zclient.ZMailboxUtil.execute(ZMailbo xUtil.java:741)
at com.zimbra.cs.zclient.ZMailboxUtil.interactive(ZMa ilboxUtil.java:1749)
at com.zimbra.cs.zclient.ZMailboxUtil.main(ZMailboxUt il.java:1823)

[dkarp]

Run as the zimbra user. If those files are owned by someone else, chown them to zimbra:zimbra or else just run as that user.

[nanosani]

I'm running all this as zimbra user .. any other options ??

[dkarp]

If those files are owned by someone else, chown them to zimbra:zimbra or else just run as that user.

[nanosani]

Thank you so much dkarp. I was able to successfully retrieve my mails in appropriate mail boxes. Thanks for your help.

[nanosani]

Now the problem with my mailbox is that I have all the mails restored to the date of today .. when I open the mailbox in mozilla thirderbird, it shows the correct dates .. but when I open in a web browser, it shows the modified date of the file rather than created date. Any ideas ?

[dkarp]

Now the problem with my mailbox is that I have all the mails restored to the date of today .. when I open the mailbox in mozilla thirderbird, it shows the correct dates .. but when I open in a web browser, it shows the modified date of the file rather than created date. Any ideas ?

If you run a script to copy the "Date" header into a new "X-Zimbra-Received" header before you do the import, the messages will be imported as if they'd been received when the message was sent rather than when they were imported.

[nanosani]

sorry but I've never been to scripting .. can your explain more about it so that I may be able to do it successfully?