Re: [Dovecot] Disable maildir indexing and dovecot-uidlist on LMTP/LDA delivery

Jouko Nikula <jonikula@gmail.com> writes:

Is there a way to use LMTP (or LDA) so that maildir index and dovecot-uidlist are not updated?

My setup is such that mail delivery sees user's maildir as write only. This setup works well when using postfix for mail delivery, but when I try to switch to dovecot LMTP the lmtp process wants to read the dovecot-uidlist and fails on insufficient privileges. Is there a way around this without exposing the maildir and mail home for read access?

You could create MEMORY indices e.g.

mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY

which will allow all the other processing like sieve to work.

However, I would look at the cause of the "insufficient privileges": it is a symptom of something that could lead to other problems.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home@gmail.com>