On 2.3.2012, at 20.27, Michael M Slusarz wrote: >> I don't see anything in the code that could explain why this could be >> happening. What filesystem are you using? > > Nothing fancy: jfs on Archlinux. I've been using it for years - it's not > something I have recently changed.
jfs used to have a problem with not updating directory's mtime when link()ing files to it, which caused Dovecot not to notice new mails. This got fixed a few years ago though. But it is a bit suspicious that this is happening with jfs..
