[Dovecot] index file regeneration?

Paul Reilly pareilly at tcd.ie
Fri Jul 2 20:39:43 EEST 2004


Thanks Timo,

Do I need to enable this in the config file, with:

maildir_check_content_changes = yes

or does it still do it when that is set to no?

Paul


On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 15:27, Paul Reilly wrote:
> > Quick question:
> >
> > How does dovecot keep the message headers index file updated?
> > Eg: if my MDA delivers an extra 10 messages while I'm logged in.
> > How does the message index get updated? At what points is it
> > regenerated?
>
> It checks the file's timestamp. If it's changed it resyncs indexes. It's
> checked before reading mails and after each command.
>
>




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