On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 09:44 +0200, Helge Milde wrote: > Now for my questions: > 1. How crucial is it to have the S= in the basename when using zlib? > The wiki page mentions quota problems, which we're not using, but also > "random failures"...
I'm not entirely sure if there is something in the code that relies on it being correct. > 2. Would W= suffice in this regard? No. > 3. If S=<size> *is* needed, is there a way to minimize the effect from the > mail client's perspective? Yes. Add the ,S=<size> to the dovecot-uidlist files as well, so the UID doesn't change. If you're using POP3 with UIDLs based on filename you can also add POP3 UIDLs to dovecot-uidlist with new enough Dovecot versions.
