[Dovecot] mailbox_list_index, stops showing new mails in mailboxes

Anton Lundin glance at acc.umu.se
Thu Aug 29 10:10:15 EEST 2013


On 28 August, 2013 - Joseph Tam wrote:

> Anton Lundin writes:
> 
> >I'm using 2.2.4 over imap and ssh/imap, and after a while dovecot
> >stops noticing new mail in some folders. Its always the same 2-3
> >folders of about 30.
> >...
> >This is dovecot 2.2.4, running on Solaris 10 x86_64 to homedirs on zfs,
> >where procmail is used to deliver mail to mailboxes in mbox-format.
> 
> What's your procmail recipe for delivering messages?  If you're storing
> it directly to a mbox file, dovecot will never get a chance to see it
> and update the indices.
> 

We let procmail deliver mail straight to the mbox file. Usualy dovecot
picks up the change and reads the mailbox, probably by checking
timestamps.

It used to work just fine before i turned mailbox_list_index on. Is
using dovecot-lda a prerequisite for using mailbox_list_index?

//Anton

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