Changing Dovecot's format from Maildir to mdbox

[Aki Tuomi]

On 04.10.2016 01:39, Kristopher Joyce wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to change Dovecot's email format from Maildir to mdbox. I
> have changed Maildir to mdbox in Mail_location from:
> maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n to: mdbox:/var/vmail/%d/%n. Nothing seems to
> happen after I restart Dovecot. The users are virtual users and not
> local users. Is there something I am missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kris
>
>
>
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You also need to migrate the data from maildir. If you have backups, try
doveadm sync -A maildir:

Aki Tuomi