dovecot.lda-dupes

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 24/10/2020 13:25 @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
> 
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> What is the purpose and/or use of the dovecot.lda-dupes file that (sometimes) exists in the home folder for each user?
> 
> I've seen some posts about issues with the file or losing track of the location, etc, but nothing on what the file actually does or how it could be useful. I assume it is just a dovecot file that helps not keep track of … I guess duplicate mails?
> 
> It looks like it contains the message-ids and email destinations for certain, but not all, duplicate emails, but in a binary format. 
> 
> -- 
> "The good news: Hadron Collider went live and did not destroy ALL reality.
> Bad: I'm the only one who remembers President Gore's 2 terms."
>   --Andy Ihnatko

The file is to avoid duplicate replies. List of autoreplied senders is stored in .dovecot.lda-dupes file in user's home directory. 

Aki