[Dovecot] what to expect from changing index location

[William Blunn]

On 29/06/2011 18:00, William Blunn wrote:
> Perhaps the per-mailbox index files for sdbox and mdbox should be 
> re-named to "message metadata databases", and the "map index" should 
> be renamed to "message store database".

Also it might be an idea to change the filenames of the files to avoid 
the word "index".

Perhaps use something like "ddb" instead (means "Dovecot database").

So,

${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index
${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.cache
${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log
${location}/storage/dovecot.map.index

becomes

${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.ddb
${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.ddb.cache
${location}/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.ddb.log
${location}/storage/dovecot.map.ddb

To allow for migration of existing installations, it might be an idea to 
make Dovecot look for both "ddb" and "index" when opening, but use "ddb" 
when creating new files.

Regards,

Bill