[Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion

[Scott Silva]

on 10-23-2008 4:31 PM Albert E. Whale spake the following:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> 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".
>>
>>   
> Good, because I am still using the POP3 server.
> 
Sorry. After you get a little way down the thread, you forget some details.
Did you post a "dovecot -n" to see if you have a setting messed up somewhere?



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