⌂63% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ grep fts1970 mail/INBOX

⌂67% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] 1 $ mail -s "test fts1970" ler@lerctr.org

test fts1970

EOT

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ mailq

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ grep fts1970 mail/INBOX

Subject: test fts1970

test fts1970

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker exim[49528]: 1hFxvD-000Csq-P6 <= ler@lerctr.org U=ler P=local S=388

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker dovecot[2507]: lmtp(49364): Connect from local

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker dovecot[2507]: lmtp(ler@lerctr.org/49364): save: box=INBOX, uid=175402, msgid=<E1hFxvD-000Csq-P6@thebighonker.lerctr.org>, size=640, vsize=660, from=Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, subject=test fts1970, flags=()

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker dovecot[2507]: lmtp(ler@lerctr.org/49364): sieve: msgid=<E1hFxvD-000Csq-P6@thebighonker.lerctr.org>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' (subject=test fts1970 from=ler@lerctr.org size=660)

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker dovecot[2507]: lmtp(49364): Disconnect from local: Client has quit the connection (state=READY)

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker exim[49535]: 1hFxvD-000Csq-P6 => ler <ler@lerctr.org> R=localuser T=dovecot_lmtp S=404 C="250 2.0.0 <ler@lerctr.org> 6ACWMN9OtFzUwAAAu+mOrA Saved" QT=0s DT=0s

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker exim[49535]: 1hFxvD-000Csq-P6 Completed QT=0s

Apr 15 04:29:03 thebighonker dovecot[2507]: indexer-worker(ler@lerctr.org/49366): Indexed 1 messages in INBOX (UIDs 175402..175402)

⌂81% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm search mailbox INBOX body 'fts1970'

⌂83% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $

⌂65% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] 75 $ doveadm search -u ler@lerctr.org mailbox INBOX body 'fts1970'

a53a143be44bda5bd4830000bbe98eac 175402

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm index -q INBOX

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm search mailbox INBOX body 'fts1970'

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm fts rescan

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm index -q INBOX

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm search mailbox INBOX body 'fts1970'

a53a143be44bda5bd4830000bbe98eac 175402

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ doveadm search -u ler@lerctr.org mailbox INBOX body 'fts1970'

a53a143be44bda5bd4830000bbe98eac 175402

[ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $

So, yes, your hypothesis is correct.

Question: How can I make it consistent?

I have a script that runs on the first of the month that does archiving, and I have similar issues in that namespace:

⌂67% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $ cat bin/archive-mail

#!/bin/sh

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

#Expects to be run after midnight on the first of the month

# to archive all the previous months mail

#Date Run:

TODAY=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`

#last month in YYYY/MM

YEAR_LAST_MONTH=`date -v-1d "+%Y/%m"`

#1st of last month as 01-Mon-YYYY

FIRST_LAST_MONTH=`date -v-1d "+01-%b-%Y"`

echo 'TODAY=' ${TODAY}

echo 'YEAR_LAST_MONTH=' ${YEAR_LAST_MONTH}

echo 'FIRST_LAST_MONTH=' ${FIRST_LAST_MONTH}

# get a list of all the mailboxes with at least one real message

doveadm -f tab mailbox status vsize \* 2>/dev/null |

sed -e 1d | sort -k 1,1 |

awk 'BEGIN {FS="\t"} {if ($2 > 0) print $1}' |

while read i

echo `date` start ${i}

doveadm mailbox create "ARCHIVE/${YEAR_LAST_MONTH}/${i}"

doveadm -f tab mailbox status messages "${i}"

doveadm move "ARCHIVE/${YEAR_LAST_MONTH}/${i}" mailbox \

"${i}" BEFORE ${TODAY} SINCE ${FIRST_LAST_MONTH}

doveadm -f tab mailbox status messages "${i}"

echo `date` done ${i}

done

⌂64% [ler@thebighonker.lerctr.org:~] $

The Exim config can be provided as well if necessary.

ler & ler@lerctr.org *ARE THE SAME MAILBOX*