On 28 Jun 2016, at 16:07, Luca Lesinigo <l...@lm-net.it> wrote: > > We are preparing an IMAP proxy based on dovecot-2.2.22, basic proxy > functionality is already working and I’m trying to understand if having the > FTS service configured on the dovecot *proxy* would be of any use. > > I do suspect it would be useless, I guess dovecot in imap proxy mode just > forwards any command to the backend and does not bother to do anything about > it, but I’m failing to find a definitive answer in the documentation. If I am > guessing correctly, an fts service would only be useful if configured and > working on the actual backend. > > Can anyone clarify my doubts?
If you want to use doveadm fts optimize/rescan commands via doveadm proxy, you need to load fts plugin on the proxy to get the commands. But otherwise there's no reason for it.
