[Dovecot] mbox to maildir batch conversion

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Mike Hobbs wrote:

> I'm upgrading my mail server from UW to Dovecot and I'd like to convert from 
> mbox to maildir.  I've successfully convert myself and a few other users with 
> the mb2md script.  All is well.

At http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat Julian Fitzell provides 
another variant of this script.

I added another option "-o" to it, which inherits the ownership from the 
directory the item is created in.

http://www2.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de/skdata/mb2md-2008-11-12.tgz

Because the script does not use Dovecot, you must know the destination 
path before hand.

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On the same Wiki page there is the note:

"Convert plugin
Dovecot has a plugin which allows you to convert between any two mailbox 
formats supported by Dovecot. The conversion is done when the user logs in 
for the first time, or using convert-tool binary. See Plugins/Convert."

Honestly, the phrase "using convert-tool binary" catches my eye the first 
time. Maybe you check it out??

Bye,

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Steffen Kaiser
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