[horde] Horde Database help

[Andy Dorman]

On 1/15/23 11:43, Michael J Rubinsky wrote:
> 
> Quoting Andy Dorman <adorman at ironicdesign.com>:
> 
>> On 1/15/23 07:57, ANANT S ATHAVALE wrote:
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> Due to some hardware issue, we had to move to a earlier setup server 
>>> (Horde) which was active till 4 months before. Due to urgency, we 
>>> just continued with the Horde data base which was existing on that 
>>> server 4 months back.  With this, users were able to use the system.  
>>> Within 2 days, we could resolve the hardware issue on production 
>>> server and again shifted back.
>>>
>>> In these 2 days, the earlier server would have updated Horde 
>>> database.   Basically, we are interested in data where information 
>>> like, a mail which was forwarded/redirected/replied etc information 
>>> is stored which is generally visible when we open a mail and that 
>>> information is displayed.  So, currently, we are missing that 
>>> information for those 2 days mails on production server.
>>>
>>> We are using HGWE 5.2.22.
>>>
>>> We are using MariaDB.  Which are the tables which should be looking 
>>> at for such information?
>>>
>>> Will it be possible to do restore only such records from old Horde 
>>> Server Database (by dumping only such records) and importing in 
>>> production server database?
>>>
>>> If yes, please suggest, how to import such records alone from old 
>>> server Horde database to production server.
>>>
>>> At least some guidance /idea (steps).
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Avant. Our system uses postgresql as a database, but I don't 
>> believe the mail data like you describe above is stored there. I could 
>> be wrong, but I think that information is present in your mail IMAP 
>> storage, ie. in our system we use Cyrus.
>>
>> I believe the databases like MariaDB and Postgresql store the account 
>> and contact list information. The email metadata is part of the mail 
>> IMAP system like Cyrus or Dovecot.
> 
> 
> This is true for the actual email data, and possibly some metadata, but 
> most likely the information regarding the forward, reply, redirect 
> etc... history, THAT data is stored in the Horde_History tables. See 
> imp/lib/Maillog for more information.
> 
> 

Thank you Michael for correcting me.  I learn something new everyday.

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Andy Dorman
Ironic Design, Inc.
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