[Dovecot] Disable maildir indexing and dovecot-uidlist on LMTP/LDA delivery

[Tom Hendrikx]

On 04/02/2014 12:27 PM, Jouko Nikula wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there a way to use LMTP (or LDA) so that maildir index and
> dovecot-uidlist are not updated?
> 
> My setup is such that mail delivery sees user's maildir as write only. This
> setup works well when using postfix for mail delivery, but when I try to
> switch to dovecot LMTP the lmtp process wants to read the dovecot-uidlist
> and fails on insufficient privileges. Is there a way around this without
> exposing the maildir and mail home  for read access?
> 
> Regards,
> Jouko Nikula
> 

When indexes cannot be updated upon delivery, there is no real benefit
in using dovecot's delivery mechanisms. So you could just simply let
postfix deliver the messages.

Tom