On 24.11.2010, at 1.42, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Hmm...went back to Thunderbird, performed 'Compact' on the INBOX - not the Trash this time - saw significant changes in index files. Doveadm dump output now has results too! Tried doveadm purge - I still see no output from the -D parameter - but the mail store is compacted to a fraction of what it was. I don't know if -D or -v are supposed to provide much - but for me, I'm not seeing ANY (besides the skipped module messages).
So...doveadm purge works if the dumb user uses his dumber client properly (P.S. - might want to add a wiki note about this).
Well, that works the same way with all mailbox formats. Nothing is deleted from disk until EXPUNGE command is issued for mails marked as \Deleted.
Back to the original question - is 'doveadm -v/-D purge' supposed to have any significant output?
Depends on the command. Purge doesn't currently have any.