Re: Understand the UID value in mailbox debug

Mar 19 11:53:57 backend3 dovecot: imap(REMOVED_FOR_PRIVACY): OmQLrmQubgDAqDIW copy from INBOX: box=INBOX.Spam, uid=58, msgid=<000601d181cd$71401940$53c04bc0$@bluewin.ch>, size=314585 Mar 19 11:53:57 backend3 dovecot: imap(REMOVED_FOR_PRIVACY): OmQLrmQubgDAqDIW delete: box=INBOX, uid=1614, msgid=<000601d181cd$71401940$53c04bc0$@bluewin.ch>, size=314585 Mar 19 11:53:57 backend3 dovecot: imapREMOVED_FOR_PRIVACY): OmQLrmQubgDAqDIW expunge: box=INBOX, uid=1614, msgid=<000601d181cd$71401940$53c04bc0$@bluewin.ch>, size=314585

I do not understand whose UID this is, as it does not exist on the server. Does dovecot create temporary UID or something like that? Or is it more a process ID?

do you mean '58' ?

grep 58 /etc/passwd ?