[Dovecot] imap memory footprint rather large

[Leroy van Logchem]

> I found the file to be ever growing, so when it had grown back to
> 160Mb in a single day, I decided to employ cron on the mail server:
>
>   11 4 * * * find $HOME/.maildir -type f -name dovecot.index.cache -exec rm {} \;
>
> Since my mail is fetched in the background anyway, I am happy to
> take the performance hit first thing in the morning.
>   

I'm wondering, can this be done safely with connected users?

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Leroy