[Dovecot] Same filenames on different servers?

[Alexander Chekalin]

I see the only option I have is to use filesystem sync and not rsync. 
Frankly I'd rather use rsync and not play with GEOM (I'm on FreeBSD) on 
servers right now.

The problem as I've said is not sync itself but rather Dovecot's way of 
treating files. You can test it yourself: go to your our cur/ dir, and 
copy any message to new/ dir, and then login to the mailbox with IMAP 
client. As soon as these messages are identical I'd expect Dovecot to 
remove one of it but Dovecot simple rename second message file so you'll 
see two identical messages in your INBOX in mail client.

That's what is strange for me. I can fight it on IMAP level (compare 
messages and find duplicates) but this way won't look nice.

Your,
   Alexander

11.01.2010 16:25, Anton Dollmaier пишет:
> Hi,
>
>> The idea was to have two identical (well, nearly identical) servers with
>> the same software and data on them, and while the first do its job as
>> SMTP and POP3/IMAP4 server, the second server just get copy of first's
>> current state (that is, copy user db and mail spool). In case of
>> something wrong with 1st server I'll just put its IP on second one and
>> will go on.
>
>
> Use Heartbeat and DRBD for replication - all mail is synched between the
> servers.
>
> If first crashes, heartbeat runs "second" as new server for the users.
>
>
> As dovecot on "second" is only started if "first" is down, there are no
> issues about inconsistencies.
>
>
> best regards,
>
> Anton