[Dovecot] Index files in .imap directory

[Steven F Siirila]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:57:37PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 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.

Thanks!  I will let you know if any such cases arise.

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