AntiVirus in Maildir

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 14.03.22 um 08:17 schrieb Aki Tuomi:
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>> On 14/03/2022 08:43 Robert Schetterer <rs at sys4.de> wrote:
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>> Am 14.03.22 um 05:56 schrieb Masakazu Hirose:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I run a mail server on Maildir.
>>> Does Dovecot work correctly if I delete the mail files stored in
>>> Maildir? Do I need to run the doveadm command?
>>>
>>> I want to run a virus scan on Maildir. When a virus is detected, the
>>> mail file is deleted without notifying Dovecot. I assumed this was
>>> incorrect behavior for Dovecot.
>>>
>>> Please help me when someone has time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Masa
>>
>> Hi, if you just delete mailfiles in maildir
>> dovecot does not update its index at once
>> it "may" it repair later , delete with doveadm is the right way
>>
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> Maildir is special case in the sense that dovecot assumes that there might be external changes, so indexes are synced when the mailbox is opened the next time.
> 
> 
> Aki

this may not work all the time, in special if you very have big mailboxes

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