[Dovecot] "Maintenance instance"

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

* Edgar Fuß <ef at math.uni-bonn.de>:
> > and gives any user logging in a canned mail
> > (e.g. "We're doing maintenance, go away")

> Wouldn't a client that keeps local copies of all IMAP boxes then
> synchronize to that canned state, i.e., delete all locally cached
> mails?

Well, I don't know. Some clients see the absence of the IMAP server as
an opportunity to ask the user if the saved password is still correct.

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