Re: [Dovecot] maildir question

Tim Bates wrote:

If I copy message files (from a command prompt) will dovecot get upset or confused? Do I need to delete index files or anything like that? I ask because I need to restore some messages from a backup, but not restore the entire maildir. I tried some the other day as a test, but the user is saying that they didn't appear.

It's part of how Maildir is designed.

Since Dovecot can quite happily deal with other agents (user or delivery) meddling with the files and moving them about, it will also happily deal with new messages arriving magically.

-- Curtis Maloney cmaloney@cardgate.net