On 16.3.2012, at 19.52, Kelsey Cummings wrote: > On 03/16/12 08:30, Ed W wrote: >> 2) Extremely racey, but if you were on maildir you could use some kind >> of pre-login scripting to kick off a scan on login. Touch some lock file >> so that you can tell when last scanned and only scan if the definitions >> have been updated since you last scanned? > > I think this is actually the best solution to match our existing POP > behavior. This was a lot cooler back when 90% of our users were on POP and > on average had a couple of hours between checks - it may be a feature that > has outlived its usefulness.
Whatever you do: Don't modify existing message files (without renaming them so they appear as new mails). IMAP (and Dovecot) require that messages never change.
