[Dovecot] Why is "UIDVALIDITY changed" fatal?

Chris Wakelin
Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:00:07 -0000

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> When all messages are expunged, UW-IMAP and newer Dovecots (2005-02-08
> in -stable) should write a "pseudo mail" (Subject: DON'T
DELETE THIS
> MESSAGE..) to make sure the UIDVALIDITY isn't lost. Doesn't this
always
> happen with you?

I'm not sure quite why it's happening. I haven't been able to
reproduce
it on demand yet. The new UIDVALIDITY seem to indicate it's changing as
part of the mailutil command (at about 7:15am - UW-IMAP uses time(0) as
the value).

I've been using 1.0-stable from yesterday (2005-04-22) and it didn't
happen to my AutoSpam folder this morning.

I let you know if I find the cause!

Chris

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