[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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