[Dovecot] maildir question

[tomas at tuxteam.de]

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On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:36:38AM +1000, Tim Bates wrote:
> If I copy message files (from a command prompt) will dovecot get upset 
> or confused?

Dovecot is supposed to cope just fine. See

  <http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2007-August/024601.html>

>              Do I need to delete index files or anything like that?

I don't know about maildir (I'm using mbox), but I'd expect Dovecot to
reindex whenever it "sees" the directory more recent than the index
file.

> I ask because I need to restore some messages from a backup, but not 
> restore the entire maildir. I tried some the other day as a test, but 
> the user is saying that they didn't appear.

Have you checked the creation dates of the maildir and of the
corresponding index?

Regards
- -- tomás
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