Unfortunately, this document doesn't really address the OP's need, which is to migrate mailbox formats on the same server. Now migrating to a new server would work, where the new server was setup to use maildir as the default.
Maybe a new section could be added talking about this situation in more explicit terms, with some real examples of conversions? John Aki> https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/migrating_mailboxes/ Aki> Aki >> On 11/02/2022 21:29 cincodemayo...@yahoo.com <cincodemayo...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Thank you for confirming. That was the conclusion I came to, particularly >> after seeing the structure of Maildir mailboxes and how the individual >> messages were encrypted. Clearly it would be difficult to do the same with >> an unlimited number of messages stored in a single file. >> >> A followup question if I may. I probably should just start another thread, >> but, how difficult is it to convert to Maildir? Any gotchas? Any differences >> in how to manage the server? How effective is the mb2md? Not looking for a >> cookbook, just an opinion on whether it is worth converting. >> >> We've used mbox format going back before CentOS 5, so change is hard. >> >> Environment is CentOS 7, Dovecot, Sendmail, Pigeonhole, MailScanner, >> Mailwatch SQL, Thunderbird clients. >> >> Thanks, >> Doug >> On Friday, February 11, 2022, 09:31:09 AM EST, Aki Tuomi >> <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> > On 11/02/2022 16:26 cincodemayo...@yahoo.com <cincodemayo...@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > My Dovecot server of many years has been set up to use mbox email folders. >> > I want to implement mail-crypt and after banging my head against a wall >> > for a few days trying to get mail-crypt to work I decided to try it >> > against a test instance of my server that I reset to use Maildir format >> > and mail-crypt worked instantly. >> > >> > >> > Does mail-crypt work with mbox format mail folders, or am I wasting my >> > time unless I switch over to Maildir? The documentation at >> > https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_crypt_plugin/ doesn't >> > explicitly say Maildir is required. >> > >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > Doug >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Mail crypt will not work with it. Mbox format has limited support of >> features. >> --- >> Aki Tuomi
