Re: [Imap-uw] mix conversion on live system

2008-07-22 Thread Joe Pruett
this is under linux so i guess i could use pam to selectively block access while converting each user. that might work. delivery is always to the /var/spool/mail file, so that won't be a problem. on a related note, has anyone forced a mail folder via /etc/c-client.cf? i'm thinkig of this as

Re: [Imap-uw] mix conversion on live system

2008-07-22 Thread Erik Kangas
Hello Joe, When we did this, we achieved the same goal by doing the following: 1. Put in lock file so that now new email is delivered to the folder by the MTA ... how to do this depends on your MTA and delivery mechanisms. 2. If the user had any open IMAP or POP connections, try to terminate

[Imap-uw] mix conversion on live system

2008-07-22 Thread Joe Pruett
i doesn't look like there is an easy way to convert people's inboxes and mail folders over to mix while the server is live. i haven't delved into the guts of mixcvt, but i'm wondering if it locks the input folder while reading so that i could then hack in a quick rename into mixcvt. but i'm n

RE: [Imap-uw] imap and solaris 10 : execution process terminated abnormally

2008-07-22 Thread Mark Crispin
Thanks for letting me know. It makes me feel a lot better. I went to considerable effort to get Solaris (and other SVR4) systems to work, in spite of the serious design misfeature of POSIX locking (which, sadly, is all that SVR4 has). -- Mark -- > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:29:28 -0400 > F

Re: [Imap-uw] imap and solaris 10 : execution process terminated abnormally

2008-07-22 Thread Chris Miller
"Alert The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Execution process terminated abnormally (d)." I had this problem late last year: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2007-November/001730.html I contacted Sun about it, and they decided it was the sa