[Dovecot] Migrating mbox to maildir
Timo Sirainen
tss at iki.fi
Thu Aug 14 23:13:08 EEST 2008
On Aug 14, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Mike Hobbs wrote:
> Sorry to bother everyone but I was wondering if it is possible for
> Dovecot to handle mbox AND maildir at the same time?
Sure.
> I'd like to use maildir with all my new users, but I'd like to be
> able to continue using mbox for my old users and slowly convert them
> as I get time.
Here are some possibilities:
a) Let Dovecot auto-detect the mailbox location by leaving
mail_location setting empty. If ~/Maildir exists it's used, if not
mbox is used (assuming you're using a standard ~/mail location or such).
b) Explicitly specify mail_location for each user in userdb. This
requires that you use a userdb that allows extra fields (so passwd
won't work) and remember to update it after each user is converted.
c) Like a) but do the auto-detection yourself using post-login
scripting: http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting. This won't work
if you're using Dovecot's deliver though.
d) Let Dovecot do the conversion for you. When a user logs in, his/her
mails are converted. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Convert
It's even possible for the same user to use both mbox and maildir at
the same time using namespaces.
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