Re: [Courier-imap] changing messages "behind" courier imap via ftp

[Sam V. <mr...@co...>]

Fejes József writes:

> So here's the question of the day: if I change messages via FTP
> directly, do I break anything?

Some IMAP clients that cache message content may flip out, if the contents  
of existing messages changes

>                                There's a file named courierimapuiddb
> that contains file name and UID mappings, I won't change either, so this
> seems alright. I don't know what to do with the
> courierimapkeywords/:list file or the maildirsize file, or possibly
> other places where Courier stores its state.
>
> Thank you very much for your help,

Courier itself won't get confused. It does not cache individual message  
content anywhere, and is generally quite tolerant of the contents of new and  
cur being changed by outside forces.