Re: [exim] Problem restoring messages to the queue

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Author: Pyromancer
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Problem restoring messages to the queue
On 24 October 2013 11:15, Heiko Schlittermann <hs@???> wrote:
> Pyromancer <pyromancer@???> (Mi 23 Okt 2013 12:40:39 CEST):
>> An over-enthusiastic anti-spam system moved a lot of messages from a
>> split queue into a quarantine directory.

<snip>

> The procedure should work as you described it. BUT, when you're using
> split spool directories, you can't choose the directory randomly. The
> directory has to match the last letter of the first part of the spool
> id.
>
>     1VYxQv-00027L-0I-{H,D}
>          ^

>
> These files are expected in input/v/
>
> The 'exipick' and even 'exim -pc' report them regardless of the correct
> directory.
>
> BUT, you may place the messages directly in input/, as part of a
> migration scenario flat -> split spool dirs Exim first checks the input/
> dir and then the sub directory calculated from the spool id.


Thank you! Moving the files to input/ and starting a queue run via
'exim -q -v' has solved the problem.

Hopefully this information will also be useful to others in the future.

Thanks again!