On 04/02/2014 12:27 PM, Jouko Nikula wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there a way to use LMTP (or LDA) so that maildir index and > dovecot-uidlist are not updated? > > My setup is such that mail delivery sees user's maildir as write only. This > setup works well when using postfix for mail delivery, but when I try to > switch to dovecot LMTP the lmtp process wants to read the dovecot-uidlist > and fails on insufficient privileges. Is there a way around this without > exposing the maildir and mail home for read access? > > Regards, > Jouko Nikula >
When indexes cannot be updated upon delivery, there is no real benefit in using dovecot's delivery mechanisms. So you could just simply let postfix deliver the messages. Tom
