> On 07/03/2023 19:14 EET dove...@ptld.com wrote: > > > > Do you know if is possible to store indexes locally instead of NFS in > > dovecot 2.2.7 ? > > Yes you can set different paths for mail and index storage. > > mail_location = > maildir:/mnt/email/%n/_folders:INDEX=/local/email/%n/_dovecot:CONTROL=/local/email/%n/_dovecot > > However in my experience when i did this the indexes seemed to have issues > keeping updated across multiple machines. If server1 accepted LMTP mail from > postfix and the user was checking IMAP mail on server2, they weren't always > notified of the new mail delivery. So i switched back to keeping indexes on > NFS. >
This is because if you store indexes locally, you need to have some mechanism to synchronize them between servers. Dovecot won't do that for you. Aki
