[Dovecot] Shutting down my Dovecot server?

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:

>> Am 28.11.2012 13:12, schrieb Bjørn T Johansen:
>>> I am planning to shut down my own Dovecot server and start using the other Dovecot server I am administering together with a friend..
>>>
>>> And I was thinking that I don't want to copy the emails I have on my server so I want to start from scratch on the other server..
>>> But I would like to be able to look at the old emails if I need to, so was wondering if there is a way to do this without using an imap server?
>>> Can I convert my mails stored in the maildir format to mbox or is there a better way to solve my problem?
>>
>> why not simply drag&drop them to thunderbird or whatever MUA
>> you are using?
>>
>
> Well, I am using Claws Mail but you are thinking about make my emails available in offline modus? Guess that might be one way to go but I was just trying to figure out my options
> as I have never done this  before... :)

With Thunderbird you can drop a mbox file into the "Local Folders" 
directory in the profile. Next start this mbox is displayed as mail 
folder.

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Steffen Kaiser
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