**reconstruct**
***************

Reconstruct mailboxes


Synopsis
========

   **reconstruct** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-p** *partition* ] [ **-x** ] [ **-r** ]
       [ **-f** ] [ **-U** ] [ **-s** ] [ **-q** ] [ **-G** ] [ **-R** ] [ **-o** ]
       [ **-O** ] [ **-M** ] *mailbox*...

   **reconstruct** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-p** *partition* ] [ **-x** ] [ **-r** ]
       [ **-f** ] [ **-U** ] [ **-s** ] [ **-q** ] [ **-G** ] [ **-R** ] [ **-o** ]
       [ **-O** ] [ **-M** ] **-u** *user*...

   **reconstruct** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-p** *partition* ] [ **-r** ]
       [ **-q** ] **-V** *version* *mailbox*...

   **reconstruct** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-p** *partition* ] [ **-r** ]
       [ **-q** ] **-V** *version* **-u** *user*...


Description
===========

**reconstruct** rebuilds one or more IMAP mailboxes.  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.

When upgrading versions of Cyrus software, it may be necessary to run
**reconstruct** with the **-V** option, to rebuild indexes to a given
version (or *max* for the most recent).  Note that the **-V** option
cannot be combined with most other reconstruct options.  If a mailbox
needs reconstructing you should do that first, and then upgrade it
with **-V** once it’s good.


Options
=======

-C  config-file

   Use the specified configuration file *config-file* rather than the
   default imapd.conf(5).

-p  partition

   Search for the listed (non-existant) mailboxes on the indicated
   *partition*. Create the mailboxes in the database in addition to
   reconstructing them. (not compatible with the use of wildcards)

-x

   When processing a mailbox which is not in the mailbox list (e.g.
   via the **-p** or **-f** options), do not import the metadata from
   the mailbox, instead create it anew (this specifically affects at
   least the mailbox’s seen state unique identifier, user flags, and
   ACL).

-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.

-s

   Don’t stat underlying files.  This makes reconstruct run faster, at
   the expense of not noticing some issues (like zero byte files or
   size mismatches).  “**reconstruct -s**” should be quite fast.

-q

   Emit less verbose information to syslog.

-n

   Don’t make any changes.  Problems are reported, but not fixed.

-G

   Force re-parsing of the underlying message (checks GUID
   correctness). Reconstruct with -G should fix all possible
   individual message issues, including corrupted data files.

-I

   If two mailboxes exist with the same UNIQUEID and reconstruct
   visits both of them, -I will cause the second mailbox to have a new
   UNIQUEID created for it.  If you don’t specify -I, you will just
   get a syslog entry telling you of the clash.

-R

   Perform a UID upgrade operation on GUID mismatch files.  Use this
   option if you think your index is corrupted rather than your
   message files, or if all backup attempts have failed and you’re
   happy to be served the missing files.

-U

   Use this option if you have corrupt message files in your spool and
   have been unable to restore them from backup.  This will make the
   mailbox IOERROR free and fix replication.

   WARNING: this deletes corrupt message files for ever - so make sure
   you’ve exhausted other options first!

-o

   Ignore odd files in your mailbox disk directories.  Probably useful
   if you are using some tool which adds additional tracking files.

-O

   Delete odd files.  This is the opposite of **-o**.

-M

   Prefer mailboxes.db over cyrus.header - will rewrite ACL or
   uniqueid from the mailboxes.db into the header file rather than the
   other way around.  This feature was introduced in version 3.0.

-V version

   Change the "cyrus.index" minor version to a specific *version*.
   This can be useful for upgrades or downgrades. Use a magical
   version of *max* to upgrade to the latest available database format
   version.

-u

   Instead of mailbox prefixes, give usernames on the command line


Examples
========

   **reconstruct -r -f** *tech.support*

   Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes within the *tech.support*
   hierarchy, restoring any directories containing "cyrus.header"
   files.

   **reconstruct -r -f** *tech.support.Archive.2%*

   Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes within the
   *tech.support.Archive* hierarchy with names beginning with ‘2’,
   restoring any directories containing "cyrus.header" files.

   **reconstruct -r -f -u** *jsmith*

   Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes belonging to *jsmith*,
   restoring any directories containing "cyrus.header" files.


History
=======

The options **-k** (keep flags) and **-g** (clear GUID) have been
deprecated in Cyrus version 2.4.

The **-u** and **-V** options were added in Cyrus version 2.5.

The **-M** option was added in Cyrus version 3.0.


Files
=====

/etc/imapd.conf


See Also
========

imapd.conf(5)
