[Dovecot] LDA vs LMTP index files

Jack Bates jbates at brightok.net
Wed Oct 3 18:06:08 EEST 2012


On 10/3/2012 9:34 AM, list at airstreamcomm.net wrote:
> In the docs it states that LDA " ...takes mail from anMTAand delivers 
> it to a user's mailbox, while keeping Dovecot index files up to 
> date."  I am wondering if LMTP also interacts with the Dovecot index 
> files and keeps them up to date?
>

Brand new account created with LMTP. So I'd say yes.

-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail 16384 Oct  2 20:21 dovecot.index.cache
-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail   560 Oct  2 20:21 dovecot.index.log
-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail   152 Oct  2 20:21 dovecot-uidlist
-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail     8 Oct  2 18:58 dovecot-uidvalidity
-r--r--r--. 1 vmail vmail     0 Oct  2 18:58 dovecot-uidvalidity.506b393c
-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail    28 Oct  2 20:21 maildirsize



Jack



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