[Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion

[Scott Silva]

on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following:
> 
> On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
> 
>> Neil wrote:
>>>
>>> On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server.  I've run it
>>>> for years.
>>>>
>>>> Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to
>>>> convert to the Maildir format.
>>>>
>>>> I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted
>>>> the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up
>>>> the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder.  I
>>>> have
>>>> been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat
>>>> formula,
>>>> but now have a question.
>>>>
>>>> New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder.
>>>> However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not
>>>> find them.  Why not?
>>>
>>> How are you attempting to retrieve them?
>>>
>> I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
>>
>> Is Maildir an IMAP format?
> 
> No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant.  The important part to note
> (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your
> client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/"
> directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
> 
> That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a
> mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
> 
> -N.
> 
With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for
directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set "IMAP server directory".

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