dovecot - May 2020 - [EXT] Re: Deleting messages from filesystem with sdbox mail format

Il 2020-05-11 15:54 Aki Tuomi ha scritto:
> If you manually change the mailbox contents like that, you need to run
> doveadm force-resync to fix the situation.
> 
> Aki
Ok, so it means that dovecot will *not* automatically fix the index file 
and I need to reconstruct the index file, right?

Just for completeness: will not fixing the index file (after a manual 
deletion) cause unexpected issues, or "only" lingering reference to a 
delete email?

Thanks.

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Danti Gionatan
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> On 11/05/2020 17:37 Gionatan Danti <g.danti at assyoma.it> wrote:
> 
>  
> Il 2020-05-11 15:54 Aki Tuomi ha scritto:
> > If you manually change the mailbox contents like that, you need to run
> > doveadm force-resync to fix the situation.
> > 
> > Aki
> 
> Ok, so it means that dovecot will *not* automatically fix the index file 
> and I need to reconstruct the index file, right?
> 
> Just for completeness: will not fixing the index file (after a manual 
> deletion) cause unexpected issues, or "only" lingering reference
to a
> delete email?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Danti Gionatan
The index will be rebuilt once you try to access the mail.

Aki

Il 2020-05-11 17:41 Aki Tuomi ha scritto:
> The index will be rebuilt once you try to access the mail.
Hi Aki, I probably misunderstood yor previous reply. So, the index will 
be fixed when either:
- running doveadm force-sync
- accessing the mailbox (ie: via IMAP).

This means that removing an email from the filesystem (ie: a u.* file) 
and the index cache file (dovecot.index.cache) should be safe, as the 
main index file (dovecot.index) will be fixed when accessing the 
mailbox.

Am I missing something?
Thanks.

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Danti Gionatan
Supporto Tecnico
Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it [1]
email: g.danti at assyoma.it - info at assyoma.it
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