[Dovecot] re-indexing moved mail
I have a huge block of email that was misdelivered into the wrong folder. Moving it where it should be is not just all from one folder to being all of another folder. Basically, the index files need to be rebuilt. Looking in the wiki I cannot find how to do this. It all seems to be about installation, and no administrative tools.
Or would it be just as simple as delete certain index files and they would be automagically rebuilt?
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On 2011-01-04 5:55 PM, Phil Howard wrote:
I have a huge block of email that was misdelivered into the wrong folder. Moving it where it should be is not just all from one folder to being all of another folder.
Not sure what you mean here, but...
Basically, the index files need to be rebuilt. Looking in the wiki I cannot find how to do this. It all seems to be about installation, and no administrative tools.
Or would it be just as simple as delete certain index files and they would be automagically rebuilt?
The indexes will be rebuilt the next time the client connects... no need to even delete them - but yes, if you manually delete them, then dovecot will rebuild them next time the client connects as well.
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Best regards,
Charles
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:20:10 -0500, Charles Marcus <CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com> wrote:
On 2011-01-04 5:55 PM, Phil Howard wrote:
I have a huge block of email that was misdelivered into the wrong folder. Moving it where it should be is not just all from one folder to being all of another folder.
Not sure what you mean here, but...
Basically, the index files need to be rebuilt. Looking in the wiki I cannot find how to do this. It all seems to be about installation, and no administrative tools.
Or would it be just as simple as delete certain index files and they would be automagically rebuilt?
The indexes will be rebuilt the next time the client connects... no need to even delete them - but yes, if you manually delete them, then dovecot will rebuild them next time the client connects as well.
If you want to rebuild the indexes before the client logs in, have you looked at doveadm? Specifically, I think http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/ForceResync may do what you're looking for.
If you're still using 1.x I've heard that people are able to compile 2.0 and use the doveadm binary on 1.x installations, but don't quote me on that.
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David Warden
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Phil Howard