[Dovecot] LDA vs LMTP index files

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In the docs it states that LDA " ...takes mail from anMTAand delivers it 
to a user's mailbox, while keeping Dovecot index files up to date."  I 
am wondering if LMTP also interacts with the Dovecot index files and 
keeps them up to date?