[Dovecot] Modifying mailbox GUIDs?

[Timo Sirainen]

I guess you could do that.. In v2.2 the dsync is smarter and can change the GUID automatically when needed.

On 1.11.2012, at 5.13, Faheem Patel wrote:

> 
> 
> I see that the GUID is actually in readable text on the first line
> in "dovecot-uidlist". Is it really as simple as modifying the string
> here? 
> 
> - Faheem 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:42:59 -0400, Faheem Patel
> wrote: 
> 
>> Greetings all, 
>> 
>> I can view a mailbox's GUID like so:
> doveadm mailbox status -u guid 
>> 
>> However, how may I *modify* a
> mailbox GUID? Can this be done using doveadm or some other tool? 
>> 
>> 
> If not, how may I go about modifying the dovecot.mailbox.log (where I
> assume GUID data is stored)? 
>> 
>> My specific use case has to do with
> me wanting to modify an existing mailbox's GUID so that its messages are
> mirrored into a folder of the same name using "dsync mirror". (As we
> know, dsync utilizes GUIDs to determine mailbox uniqueness) 
>> 
>> 
> Thanks! 
>> 
>> -- 
>> - Faheem