Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Michael Grimm
2nd idea (see below) > On 14. Aug 2022, at 21:15, Michael Grimm wrote: > > lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > >> Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. The reason >> seems to be some sort of fear (and "admins"). >> We have all we need. We have the old dovecot config, we

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Michael Grimm
lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. The reason > seems to be some sort of fear (and "admins"). > We have all we need. We have the old dovecot config, we have the mdbox files > and the complete directory structure. We are simply not

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread justina colmena ~biz
On August 14, 2022 9:46:54 AM AKDT, lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: >Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. >... >We do what the customer wants us to do. And yes, they pay pretty well for >working on weekends. >... I'm sure there are more than enough professional mental

Aw: Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread lutz . niederer
ot;. > Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. August 2022 um 18:24 Uhr > Von: "Steve Litt" > An: dovecot@dovecot.org > Betreff: Re: convert mdbox to maildir > > On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 18:36 +0200, lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > > > > The real problem is that we must not use

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 18:36 +0200, lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > > The real problem is that we must not use the running, old dovecot > installation.  > So we are not able to connect to the old server, pull all folders and mails > and > create a new maildir structure.  Currently, we can't do

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread spi
Am 14.08.22 um 13:05 schrieb Peter: but most people will be fine with Maildir. I had to switch from Maildir to something else and chose sdbox (one file per mail) and don't remember exactly what issues I had with Maildir but I think it was somehow IMAP keywords related like moving mails from

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Peter
On 14/08/22 21:47, Marc wrote: So? that is why you have this lmtp not? Afaik was mdbox created to solve the (performance) issues with mbox and maildir etc. So I just wonder what the logics is behind chosing maildir current day. maildir is probably what most people use and should continue to

Aw: RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread lutz . niederer
e faster, but we did not have the critical masses to see that. > Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. August 2022 um 11:47 Uhr > Von: "Marc" > An: "Patrick Domack" , "dovecot@dovecot.org" > > Betreff: RE: convert mdbox to maildir > > So? that is why you h

RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Marc
So? that is why you have this lmtp not? Afaik was mdbox created to solve the (performance) issues with mbox and maildir etc. So I just wonder what the logics is behind chosing maildir current day. > Not sure what this had to do with the question asked. > You're using mbox, but he is using

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread Patrick Domack
Not sure what this had to do with the question asked. You're using mbox, but he is using mdbox. Postfix is unable to write to mdbox itself. Quoting justina colmena ~biz : *My* inbox gets filled with thousands of emails, more or less commercial content and trivial notifications from shopping

RE: RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread Marc
t; > Gesendet: Samstag, 13. August 2022 um 21:08 Uhr > Von: "justina colmena ~biz" > An: dovecot@dovecot.org > Betreff: RE: convert mdbox to maildir > *My* inbox gets filled with thousands of emails, more or less commercial > content and trivial notifications from sho

Aw: Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread lutz . niederer
n: lutz.niede...@gmx.net Betreff: Re: convert mdbox to maildir Hi You should create a new server with the same mbox structure, si that you can easyly connect to it and then create a brand new server with maildir.        Le 13 août 2022 à 18:36, lutz.niede...@gmx.net a écr

Aw: RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread lutz . niederer
.)     Gesendet: Samstag, 13. August 2022 um 21:08 Uhr Von: "justina colmena ~biz" An: dovecot@dovecot.org Betreff: RE: convert mdbox to maildir *My* inbox gets filled with thousands of emails, more or less commercial content and trivial notifications from shopping online, and postf

RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread justina colmena ~biz
*My* inbox gets filled with thousands of emails, more or less commercial content and trivial notifications from shopping online, and postfix crashes and will not accept new messages if the file "/var/mail/justina" becomes too large. Configuring postfix to deliver the mail to "~/Maildir" solved

RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread Marc
> > We need to move all users from one (pretty old) installation of dovecot > to a new one. > The old one uses mdbox for users' mailboxes and maildir for > shared/public mailboxes. > The new one must be maildir only. why did you decide to move to maildir?

convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-13 Thread lutz . niederer
Hi! We need to move all users from one (pretty old) installation of dovecot to a new one. The old one uses mdbox for users' mailboxes and maildir for shared/public mailboxes. The new one must be maildir only. I believe that I can just copy the shared/public maildir structure to the new