On Mon, March 7, 2005 9:29 pm, Neil Bothwick said: > On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:01:21 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > >> > What is the best way to convert an existing mbox setup to maildir? >> > Reconfiguring the MTA/MDA looks straightforward, but what is the best >> > way to convert existing mailboxes? > >> http://www.google.com/search?q=convert+mbox+to+maildir&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > > I'd already Googled and found various different alternatives. I wasn't > asking for a search string to put into Google, I was asking for the "best" > way to migrate a live system. In other words, I was hoping to get a reply > from someone who had done the job themselves. > > Google only returns web pages containing your search string, it doesn't > give recommendations on the best way to do a job.
well for a start its way OT. it is not related to gentoo, it is a generic mailserver question, better suited to comp.mail.imap, if you can stomach usenet these days LOL. secondly you give us no idea of how many users? how many mailboxes? how many folders? how much data? do you have all the user passwords? does it have to be done on a live system with minimal disruption to users? or do you have all the time in the world to play? Have you tried any of the solutions you have found via google on a small set of data? You'll get a much better response on lists like this if you show you have done some research, tell us why you are still undecided, and what the sticking point is in making your decision. getting your favourite mail client to open both mail stores and drag and dropping works well for a few users if you have all their passwords (or don't mind resetting them), but wouldn't work for the administrators gmail or hotmail, or even a moderate number of users (believe me I have migrated 6 or 7 users from one imap server to another this way and it would be a PITA for too many more!) The chapter that is available online of O'Reilly's "Managing IMAP" (google it:-) discusses in some depths moving a reasonable sized installation from mbox to cyrus (IIRC), it may give you some inspiration. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Reboot America. > -- [email protected] mailing list
