Dear list,
I recently had to delete some messages from an sdbox mailbox, for which
I used the canonical "doveadm expunge" command without issues.
However I got curious and, on a test mailbox, I deleted an unimportant
message directly from the filesystem (rm u.650). After removing the
file, the webmail continued to show it in the mail list - but no text
was retrieved when I selected it. I supposed this was due to
dovecot.index.cache and, indeed, deleting the cache got rid of the
message in the webmail list.
While I understand that it is not recommended (deleting and regenerating
the index cache is an expensive operation), I wonder if removing a file
from the filesystem, and regenerating the index cache file, is a safe
operation when using an sdbox mailstore. Specifically, I would like to
know if, after a manual filesystem deletion, the main index file
(dovecot.index) is automatically updated by dovecot (reflecting the
deletion) or if lingering references are kept in it.
Thanks.
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