[Dovecot] maildir question

[Tim Bates]

Curtis Maloney wrote:
> 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.
>
Cool. That's good to know.
I got word back that it showed in our webmail so it appears to be the 
client they are using (Outlook of course).

TB

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