Plesk – Repair or Restore Mail configuration for Domain/s

Overview

This article describes how to repair/rebuild the mail configuration for a domain/s using the 'mchk" utility which restores the settings for all mailboxes created in Plesk.

Instructions

1. Access VPS via either RDP or SSH depending on Server OS
2. Linux:

   [root@ws1 ~]# /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk --help
   Restore settings for all mailboxes.
   Usage: /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk [OPTION]
   
   OPTIONS:
     --without-spam   restore all settings except for SpamAssassin configuration
     --with-spam      restore all settings
     --spam-only      restore only SpamAssassin settings

   Example usage for all mailbox's that do not have SpamAssassin enabled:

   [root@ws1 ~]# /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk --without-spam

   Windows:
   ** Any changes made outside Plesk for the mailbox's e.g. MailEnable, will not be restored **
    

   C:>"%plesk_bin%mchk" --help
    usage: mchk [options] ...
   
        --help
        --all             [--fix=all|local]
        --domain          --domain-name= [--fix=local]
        --domains         --domain-names=| [--via-file] [--fix=local]
        --all-domains     [--fix=local]
        --global-settings

   Example usage for conetix.com:

   C:>"%plesk_bin%mchk.exe" --domain --domain-name=conetix.com