On Tue Mar 13 2018 07:42:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:>> Is this index file kept on a per *folder* basis? Or per user/account?> YesYes... per folder? Or per user?>> If it is per folder, then it is much less of a problem, and could be >> worked around simply by moving messages around (say, archiving).> It can help. But if you are not accessing all the mails e.g. migrating > them, you can usually just rm the cache file and it'll probably won't > grow fast back.So, how would doing this impact performance? If it doesn't much, then maybe a simple script to test the size and delete when it gets larger than (whatever you like)? Thanks Aki!
On 13.03.2018 14:10, Tanstaafl wrote:> On Tue Mar 13 2018 07:42:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Aki Tuomi > <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> Is this index file kept on a per *folder* basis? Or per user/account? >> Yes > Yes... per folder? Or per user?Sorry, ment per folder. =)>>> If it is per folder, then it is much less of a problem, and could be >>> worked around simply by moving messages around (say, archiving). >> It can help. But if you are not accessing all the mails e.g. migrating >> them, you can usually just rm the cache file and it'll probably won't >> grow fast back. > So, how would doing this impact performance? If it doesn't much, then > maybe a simple script to test the size and delete when it gets larger > than (whatever you like)? > > Thanks Aki!
On Tue Mar 13 2018 08:12:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:> On 13.03.2018 14:10, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Yes... per folder? Or per user? > Sorry, ment per folder. =)Heh, no worries, ok, thanks, nothing to worry about so much then.