[Dovecot] Status of Shared Folders?

[Charles Marcus]

>>>> Having per-user read/unread flags will be a very nice bonus, but I don't
>>>> see anything about support for those...

>>> That works too, as long as you set the index file path to be different
>>> for each user, ie. something like:
>>>
>>> location = maildir:/var/public/Maildir:INDEX=%h/.shared-indexes

>> hmm, so in this case the indexes are critical information?  

> Yes, the seen-flag state in them is critical information then.

Hmmm... I've never had to rebuild the normal indexes on dovecot - when 
this happens, do all messages on the next login show as read?

> I was thinking about making the index file code more resistant to simply
> giving up and rebuilding the index, so that it would try to preserve the
> flag state as long as possible. Actually I don't think it has happened
> to pretty much anyone with the current code. But still theoretically it
> could use a few more fixes. :) This is also useful for dbox if it's
> being run in "keep flags/keywords only in index files" mode (I guess
> this option could just as well be added for mbox/maildir if someone
> wants).

Probably a dumb question - how practical would it be for dovecot to keep 
a backup version of the index files, that it could roll back to (at 
least for the flags (\Seen, etc)?

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Best regards,

Charles