Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:02:27 -0800 (PST) From: David Raistrick <drais@wow.atlasta.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net> Subject: Re: Managing Maildirs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.50L0.0312191256030.33916-100000@wow.atlasta.net> In-Reply-To: <3FE36206.8050508@centtech.com> References: <20031219165302.GA51410@ns2.wananchi.com> <3FE3523D.7000701@centtech.com> <20031219194031.GN758@sentex.net> <3FE36206.8050508@centtech.com>
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> >>On a totally unrelated note, I'm thinking about switching from mbox > >>formatted mailboxes using imap, to a more robust and faster imap server > >>that uses maildirs. My problem is, I have pop users, imap users, and > >>elm/mutt/pine users on the same box. Does elm/mutt/pine work ok with > >>maildirs? What about sendmail? What should I be looking out for? Pine can be made to work with some itchy-scratchy patching. Takes some work. I have a precompiled tree for 4.50 that is patched, though. For elm you'll need to use some sort of wrapper, none of which work particularly well. Mutt supports maildirs natively without issue. > >The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to > >maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO. Painful, but not to bad. A few people have posted solutions to this over time. I've used a customly-hacked-with-an-axe solution locally but: http://www.gerg.ca/hacks/mb2md/ seems to have covered it using only two scripting languages. :) (my local version uses four...) --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
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