noob maildir question

[mikfum]

thanks
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Il lunedì 24 gennaio 2022 5:15 AM, Ted Hatfield <ted at io-tx.com> ha scritto:

> I do this all the time on my server. From one user mailbox to another or
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> from one maildir folder to another. On my platform I need to make certain
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> owner/group of the moved messages is correct for the user I've moved them
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> to. Other than that dovecot appears to re-index on the fly.
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> Be aware that this is observed information. Others more knowledgeable may
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> have concerns that I'm not aware of or just can't see on my system.
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> Ted
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> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, mikfum wrote:
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> > I would like to ask if it is an acceptable practice to manage messages in the maildir as a file (move them from
> >
> > one folder to another) while dovecot is in stop state thinking that it will be rebuild to the next imap user login
> >
> > thanks for your patience:)
> >
> > mik