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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We recently had a mail storm which resulted in many tens of thousands
of e-mails being delivered to each of 4 users in just 5 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This was quickly resolved.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>However, one more savvy user though he could use the webmail
(squirrelmail) to delete the e-mail without downloading it. He gave up on
the idea though.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I, however, removed the mail directly from the server file
system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The problem now is that he has a .imap.index.data file of
over 250MB!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have asked him to login again and view all the
directories, I even sent him another test and asked him to delete this via
webmail.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>None of this had any effect on the file.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I thought the indexes were rebuilt with the deletion of a
message?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Nigel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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