On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 20:45, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

> On 17 June 2019 18:59 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
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> I'm using mdbox.
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> What's the consequence of deleting dovecot.index.* from all folders?
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> All mail gets lost or I can rebuild the indexes and get the mails?
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You will lose flags, such as \Seen. But mails should come out intact.

Aki

Thank you for this fast (and comforting) response.

All the previous mails disappeared after I deleted the files. What do I need to do to get them back??

Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)