[Dovecot] Migrating from Maildir to Maildir:LAYOUT=fs

[Rainer M Krug]

Could somebody please point me in the right direction where I could get
this info, if this is not the right list?

Thanks,

Rainer


Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> writes:

> Hi
> I have use dovecot together with offlineimap to download my gmail
> account on a single user computer and I have only one maildir
> (~/Maildir).
>
> As I switched to Mac, I would like to use spotlight to index my mails,
> which apparently does not work as they are in hidden directories
> (.directories). So I would like to change to LAYOUT=fs. Is there an easy
> way to migrate my email structure? I have several folders and
> subfolders, but a manual solution would be fine with me as well. 
>
> My questions: 
>
> 1) can I simply restructure the mailboxes and rename the folders / move
> them into the folders where I want them after changing the configuration
> of dovecot?
>
> 2) Is there an easy tool I can use for this for one mailbox which is
> doing it automatically?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rainer

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