[Dovecot] How to stop POP clients from downloading mail after directory corruption
Transferring my email from a Courier server, as well as some corruption in my dovecot installation caused all POP mails to be downloaded again.
I surmised that the dovecot-uidlist file was not present in the first instance, and was probably out of sync in the second.
Is there a way to do some reindexing and uid-list regeneration that can stop the problem from occurring?
- Frank
Frank Church wrote:
Transferring my email from a Courier server, as well as some corruption in my dovecot installation caused all POP mails to be downloaded again.
I don't believe that the missing uid-list file is the cause, as it is used for IMAP only. POP3 UIDs are dynamic, I think.
Check if you use the same POP UID format for both servers, e.g. (don't use quotes for name or password):
telnet oldserver pop3 user XYZ pass ABC uidl
telnet dovecot pop3 user XYZ pass ABC uidl
Then compare the output of both lists. It gave me the kick to choose the correct setting for the pop3_uidl_format setting.
Bye,
Steffen
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