[Dovecot] Index files in .imap directory

[Timo Sirainen]

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:38 -0500, Steven F Siirila wrote:

> A few RC releases ago we had a problem where a user's restored home
> directory
> contained a .imap folder either from a previous RC release or perhaps
> it was
> a different server.  In any event, restoration of the user caused
> problems
> since Dovecot choked on the restored .imap index files.  Removing
> those index
> files cleared the problem.  I'm wondering if this is still an issue,
> and
> therefore whether we need to find and remove all .imap folders prior
> to
> archiving users, so that they are not restored with potentially
> old/bad
> index files.  I would like to NOT have to worry about them, but rather
> have
> Dovecot be smart about when to simply re-create them if it detects
> something
> it does not like about them. 

Well, as far as I know there are no problems. But how about you try with
a few users first? If there are problems, let me know and I'll fix them.

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