Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP? I have a lot of messages that were restored from an archive and so all have the same date, despite being over the span over several years. I tried setting the timestamps of the files to the date in the Received header, but that didn?t seem to make any difference to what my IMAP clients see. Do I have to rename the files to the right epoch seconds in order for dovecot to show the right dates to the IMAP clients? ? It seems I?ve been here before, but I don?t remember the solution ? -- 'What is this thing, anyway?' said the Dean, inspecting the implement in his hands. 'It's called a shovel', said the Senior Wrangler. 'I've seen the gardeners use them. You stick the sharp end in the ground. Then it gets a bit technical.' --Reaper Man
On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:> Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP?This is a problem with how you restored the files. On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve the original date/times...
On Jun 15, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl at libertytrek.org> wrote:> On 6/14/2016 6:50 PM, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote: >> Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP? > > This is a problem with how you restored the files. > > On a linux system, you should use something like rsync -a to preserve > the original date/times?The original emails were in box files, so that was not the issue. -- Worlds of belief, she [Susan] thought. Just like oysters. A little piece of shit gets in and then a pearl grows around it. --Hogfather