Hello Rob, Do you by chance have a virtual/All folder which holds all your messages? If so, could I see that configuration?
Thanks. Dave. On 2/27/18, Rob Hoelz <rob+dove...@hoelz.ro> wrote: > Hi list, > > I just encountered a problem while using dovecot's Virtual plugin with > 2.3.0. I managed to solve the issue, > but I wanted to bring it to the attention of others on the list to see if > there exists a better solution, if > I found a bug, or if it's just a matter of updating documentation. > > I have a virtual folder to get the most recent two weeks of mails; it looks > something like this: > >> INBOX >> all younger 1209600 > > I made this folder back in October. Lately, I started to notice that the > virtual folder had a surprising amount > of mail in it - I don't get 1,000 e-mails per week! After some doveadm > commands, I realized that e-mails from > October were still present in my virtual folder! Updating the > dovecot-virtual would clear away e-mails older than > two weeks (I needed to actually introduce a change, even if it was just > whitespace - just touching the file didn't > update things), and removing the dovecot index file also cleared things > away. In then end, I ended up just telling > dovecot to disable on-disk indexes for that folder. > > I created this folder based on the examples on > https://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual - I'm wondering if I found a bug > or if that page should be changed to recommend disabling on-disk indexes > when using certain search query filters such as > "younger". If the latter, I can always make the change - just let me know! > > -Rob >
