* Jonathan Ryshpan <jonr...@pacbell.net>: > On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 22:16 +0200, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > * Jonathan Ryshpan <jonr...@pacbell.net>: > > > I need to import the mail database generated by the evolution mail > > > reader into dovecot. Evolution stores its mail in maildir format (fully > > > standards compatible, I think); I would be using the maildir format in > > > dovecot. Is there anything in the wiki, etc. explaining exactly how to > > > do this? > > > > > > Why do this? Evolution is hopelessly broken, and is not likely to be > > > fixed in the forseeable future, and I would like to keep my mails in > > > maildir form. Reviews of kmail are very bad, and thunderbird uses the > > > mbox format for storage. > > > > If it is native maildir you can configure that/your account to use maildir > > and > > simply copy your mailbox over to Dovecot. When Dovecot accesses the mailbox > > it > > will create the necessary index files and you are ready to use it. > > Sounds good. > > I'm sure than when you write "mailbox", you mean the folders (and not > the index files) in the evolution mail database, located at
Yes, I mean the folders and not the index files > ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local and whose contents start: > $ ls -lA > ..#evolution.Junk.cmeta .jango.ibex.index.data > ..#evolution.Trash.cmeta .jfour/ > ..cmeta .jfour.cmeta > ..maildir++ .jfour.ibex.index > .Drafts/ .jfour.ibex.index.data > .Drafts.cmeta .joer/ > .Outbox/ .joer.cmeta > .Outbox.cmeta .joyce/ > <...> > and not $MAIL, i.e. /var/spool/mail/jonrysh, where mail arrives on the > system (via fetchmail and local sendmail). I don't mean $MAIL. > Please excuse me for double checking; evolution has archived 218,886 > messages in 132 folders, and I want to avoid trouble if possible. I am a friend of double checking. :) p@rick -- state of mind () http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563