[Dovecot] OT: ctimes

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 11:46 -0800, Jeff Grossman wrote:
> I am going to convert my 32-bit Debian system to a 64-bit Debian system 
> today.  But, after I move my maildir files over to the new hard drive 
> the ctimes are going to get modified to current time and mess up my 
> automatic purge scripts for the Deleted Items folders.

But it would get fixed by itself eventually..

> Is it possible 
> for me to either keep the existing ctimes 

As far as I know there's no way to affect ctimes from userspace.

> or is it possible for me to 
> modify the ctimes to the date headers of the emails after I move the files?

IMAP requires that messages are immutable, so you shouldn't go changing
them.

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