Dovecot maildirsize cemetery

A very specific and interesting combination of words!

dovecot is a popular open-source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/Unix.

maildirsize is a file used by Dovecot to store the total size of all messages in a Maildir mailbox. It's a simple text file that contains the total size of all messages in the mailbox, in bytes.

cemetery is a colloquial term for a directory or folder where deleted or "dead" files are stored. In the context of email, a "cemetery" might refer to a directory where deleted emails are stored before they are actually purged from the system.

So, putting it all together, dovecot maildirsize cemetery might refer to a situation where Dovecot is storing the total size of all messages in a Maildir mailbox in a file called maildirsize, and that file is located in a directory or "cemetery" where deleted emails are stored.

Here's a possible scenario:

• A user deletes an email from their inbox using their email client.
• The email is moved to a "cemetery" directory, such as ~/.maildir/.cemetery/, where deleted emails are stored.
• Dovecot updates the maildirsize file to reflect the new total size of all messages in the mailbox, including the deleted email.
• The maildirsize file is stored in the same "cemetery" directory as the deleted email.

In this scenario, the maildirsize file serves as a way for Dovecot to keep track of the total size of all messages in the mailbox, even after some of those messages have been deleted.