On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 12:36, Marcus Rueckert wrote:
As an alternative to an LDA, would it be possible to let deliveries go to /var/spool/mail in mbox format, then have dovcot (in imap mode only) transparently move them to maildir with appropriate indexing? I'd prefer to have mbox format for users that use pop to download everything but have maildir folders for imap users who keep things on the server.
what about pop users who keep the mail on the server? than you have the same as an imap user.
No, the inefficient operations on mbox files are where you move things into other folders or delete some messages from the middle. Pop users don't do those things on the server. Besides, I think the only reason anyone ever sets their pop client to leave messages on my server is that they check mail from more than one location, but their 'main' computer will delete when it downloads.
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com