[EXT] Re: Deleting messages from filesystem with sdbox mail format

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 11/05/2020 17:37 Gionatan Danti <g.danti at assyoma.it> wrote:
> 
>  
> Il 2020-05-11 15:54 Aki Tuomi ha scritto:
> > If you manually change the mailbox contents like that, you need to run
> > doveadm force-resync to fix the situation.
> > 
> > Aki
> 
> Ok, so it means that dovecot will *not* automatically fix the index file 
> and I need to reconstruct the index file, right?
> 
> Just for completeness: will not fixing the index file (after a manual 
> deletion) cause unexpected issues, or "only" lingering reference to a 
> delete email?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Danti Gionatan

The index will be rebuilt once you try to access the mail.

Aki