[Dovecot] question indexes recreations
Magnus Holmgren
holmgren at lysator.liu.se
Wed Jun 28 15:33:10 EEST 2006
On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:12, Konstantin took the opportunity to write:
> Is it correct not to backup index files in the hope that dovecot will
> recreate them ?
Yes. Indices, whether in databases or in printed books, contain no
information, just sorted lists of pointers that make access to information
quicker; they can always be recreated from the underlying information.
--
Magnus Holmgren holmgren at lysator.liu.se
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