Ahh.  So does this look like a new message from the database point of view?

So this means that this setup could cause a duplicate message_idnr, correct?

Thanks for your help!

Angus


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:07:11 -0800, Blake Mitchell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The IMAP APPEND command will insert new messages. For example, my mail
> client will put messages into my "Sent" folder on the IMAP server once
> I've sent them.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:31:30 -0800
> From: Angus Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Blake Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Dbmail] DB questions
> 
> Blake,
> 
> My understanding is that IMAP only does updates on the database.  Can
> you describe to me a specific situation where there could be
> corruption?
> 
>  From what I can remember of the thread that was on the -dev list a few
> months ago, the only issue they brought up and were discussing was the
> idea of having two seperate database servers both running MTA software
> and inserting into both of the seperate databases with *new messages*.
>   This was because the inserts are not kept ACID across a multi master
> setup in MySql, and the auto_increment on the dbmail_messages table
> may not take this into account.
> 
> Since the IMAP daemon would not be changing the message_idnr field,
> wouldn't running the MTA software on only 1 database solve this issue
> partially?
> 
> Thanks,
> Angus
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