Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:22:39 -0400 From: Ron Wilhoite <ronw@bals.org> To: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from mbox to maildir (was Re: IMAP server alternatives) Message-ID: <44B3FA7F.4040708@bals.org> In-Reply-To: <CD2FB35C-542C-4C97-8293-94187D66DADD@kjsl.com> References: <44B3A7AA.1050600@enternet.hu> <005e01c6a4ef$e8696c80$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> <44B3B441.3020408@locolomo.org> <44B3B5AD.1080308@scii.nl> <44B3C140.5040907@gregs-garage.com> <44B3CD6F.2030704@bals.org> <CD2FB35C-542C-4C97-8293-94187D66DADD@kjsl.com>
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On 7/11/2006 12:20 PM, Javier Henderson wrote: >> I saw a dramatic improvement in speed with both Thunderbird and >> Squirrelmail after switching from mbox to maildir. > > How did you handle the transition from mbox to maildir? > > -jav For my POP users, I didn't. I leave everyone's 'inbox' in /var/mail in mbox format. If a user connects via IMAP (Squirrelmail, etc.), folders in /home/%u are created and stored in maildir format, but their inbox stays in /var/mail in mbox format. See Multiple Mailbox Locations: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces Dovecot also comes with convert-tool. For the users who had mbox files in their home directory, I used it to convert those to maildir format. I don't think the port installs convert-tool; I got it by doing 'make' in the dovecot port directory and manually copied it from there. Ron
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