> On 27/10/2020 14:49 Justin Ridge <jayare-d...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > On 26/10/2020 19:25, John Fawcett wrote: > > On 25/10/2020 17:19, jayare~dcml at videocoding.org wrote: > >> I've got a basic dovecot master-master replication setup between two > >> servers (imap1 and imap2). Actions such as deleting messages or moving > >> them between folders are replicated correctly and quickly. > >> > >> However, when new mail is delivered by postfix, replication does not > >> occur until something else triggers it, such as one of the delete/move > >> actions mentioned earlier. A search suggested this may be due to the > >> notify plugin, but I don't see any issue with the settings. Output of > >> doveconf -n: > > > > Hi > > > > is there any error in the log? > > > > Can you show some evidence or an example? ie some email delivery in the > > master but not on the slave? > > > > Can you be sure to check both new and cur subdirectories on master and > > slave? > > > > John > > There's precisely nothing in the log. The new mail arrives on the master, > and it is as though dovecot completely ignores it for the purposes of > replication. > > > However, I think I have solved the problem by enabling LMTP and forcing > postfix to go through that rather than writing to the maildir directly. > Perhaps LMTP is required for replication and I just didn't realize it. End > result is (I think) it is working properly. > > > J > >
Sorry for empty mail, butterfingers... Anyways, since replication is triggered by "replication" plugin, you need to involve either dovecot-lda or lmtp to the delivery process. Dovecot *will not* pick up replication need if you just drop files into the maildir as nothing will trigger dovecot code. Aki
