Re: [cobalt-users] RaQXTR-All-Security-4.0.1-14936 -- lost mail folder subscriptions

["Jon D. Benson" <jbenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't seen any change in directory 
structure. Our system always had a ~/mail directory. We have the 
situation under control now -- but this incident really makes my 
department look bad. Gives the impression that we can't install a patch 
correctly without messing up the email.

<soap_box>
Personally I am really peeved at Cobalt/Sun. It seems everytime I 
install a patch some snafu occurs. For starters they could work to 
seriously improve their patch documentation. One line saying it is a 
security patch for IMAPD doesn't cut it -- hell even MS does better than 
that. Then to have it break something as fundamental as folder 
subscription status is very poor programming control. Perhaps it is time 
to install RedHat on these systems and be done with Cobalt/Sun.
</soap_box>

Jon


Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 18:39:12 +0100
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Dan Houghton <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RaQXTR-All-Security-4.0.1-14936 -- lost
  mail folder subscriptions
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

At 16:52 06/10/2003, you wrote:

>>Greetings
>>
>>This weekend I installed the IMAPD security patch
>>RaQXTR-All-Security-4.0.1-14936 on my RaQ XTR system. After the patch 
was
>>installed all of my users reported a lost of all subscribed IMAP 
folders.
>>Have any of you also seen this issue with this patch? Is there a server
>>side fix for this issue? I have a lot of rather peeved users at the 
moment.
>>
>>Thanks
>>--
>>Jon D. Benson


-snip-

I experienced the same issue. The mail boxes are still present but are now
found under a folder named "mail" in my email client. Where the mail
folders used to be listed are all the folders (directories) and files
within my home directory. I can browse through the files and view those
that are text (e.g. perl scripts).

I haven't gone any further trying to fix this since I am the only IMAP user
on my server.

         Dan