On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > I would like to move my Mail folder (maildir format) to the server. I'm > using fetchmail, postfix, procmail so it is possible to run this on the > server as well, specially while i'm going to extent it in the future for > mail for other persons also. (i will come back on this, because there > are also windows users involved) > > Can i just move the folder containing all my mails to the server, delete > the .sylpheed-claws folder, so when i startup the program it will ask me > where the location must be of the mail folder? Its because i have a lot > of mail and don't wanna lose it.
If it's standard qmail-style Maildir format, you can copy freely between machines. I assume the mail server is yours or you have a shell account on it. I recently did something similar. I converted all my local mboxes to Maildirs and put them on the server, with a program called mb2md. There were roughly a dozen or so cases I noticed later where it split the header and body into two different files, but that's not bad for converting a few thousand messages. The Maildir format of each message being a separate file makes life much easier on admins. I would, of course, recommend deleting the .sylpheed-claws folder after you have copied the mail to the server and changed your sylpheed settings. I also assume you have a good backup system on the mail server for everyone who is/will be storing their mail there. raid1 is quite handy for the unexpected demise of a hard drive. -- Marshal Newrock, Simon's Rock College of Bard Caution: product may be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
