[Dovecot] maildir question

[Curtis Maloney]

Tim Bates wrote:
> If I copy message files (from a command prompt) will dovecot get upset 
> or confused? Do I need to delete index files or anything like that?
> 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.

It's part of how Maildir is designed.

Since Dovecot can quite happily deal with other agents (user or delivery) 
meddling with the files and moving them about, it will also happily deal with 
new messages arriving magically.

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Curtis Maloney
cmaloney at cardgate.net