[Dovecot] index file regeneration?

[Timo Sirainen]

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 15:27, Paul Reilly wrote:
> Quick question:
> 
> How does dovecot keep the message headers index file updated?
> Eg: if my MDA delivers an extra 10 messages while I'm logged in.
> How does the message index get updated? At what points is it
> regenerated?

It checks the file's timestamp. If it's changed it resyncs indexes. It's
checked before reading mails and after each command.

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