v2.2.36 to v2.3.8 maildirlock bug

[Martynas Bendorius]

I'm attaching you an example :) 
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Best regards,
Martynas Bendorius


> On 2019-12-08, at 15:21, @lbutlr via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
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> On 08 Dec 2019, at 05:58, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
>> On 06 Dec 2019, at 16:28, Martynas Bendorius <martynas at martynas.it> wrote:
>>> when zlib compression is enabled in dovecot, old emails remain untouched
>> 
>> I?ve been considering doing this, or at least looking into how much space we?d save (answer so far, less than you might think), but I am hesitant to ?alter? the user?s mail stores without a bit more guidance.
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>> Has anyone found a good walkthrough/guide on setting this up and also on compressing the old mail?
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>> Are there any common issues to watch out for? Is it entirely transparent to the user?
>> 
>> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib says it has moved to https://doc.dovecot.org/plugin-settings/zlib_plugin/ which does not exist.
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>> "Not Found
>> The requested URL /plugin-settings/zlib_plugin/ was not found on this server."
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> The ULR on that page has the _ character instead of a - in the URL.
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> <https://doc.dovecot.org/plugin-settings/zlib-plugin/> loads and leads to
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> <https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/zlib_plugin/#zlib-plugin>
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> Which, sadly, does not have example code on actually compressing the existing mail, but does say to use maildirlock.
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