noob maildir question

[mikfum]

ok, not a 'mass action' but I search about imap tools, thanks!
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Il lunedì 24 gennaio 2022 10:15 AM, Steven Varco <dovecot.org at bbs.varco.ch> ha scritto:

> Hi Mik
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> > I would like to ask if it is an acceptable practice to manage messages in the maildir as a file (move them from one folder to another) while dovecot is in stop state thinking that it will be rebuild to the next imap user login
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> Maildir is actually designed to do so, as the storage can also lie on NFS and external programms bring mail in.
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> Speak, you can move and edit files just like normal on the filesystem (even when doevecot is running) and dovecot will rebuild it’s index accordingly.
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> However for "mass actions", like moving a lot of mail files, specific IMAP tools (dovecot provides a bunch of them) might be the better choise.
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> Steven
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