Re: mdbox vs. maildir format

On 10/19/22 07:46, Steve Litt wrote:

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for MAILBOX in $USERS; do doveadm expunge -u "$MAILBOX" mailbox Trash savedbefore 7d doveadm expunge -u "$MAILBOX" mailbox Spam savedbefore 30d doveadm purge -u "$MAILBOX"

     LOCATION2="mdbox:/srv/snap_mail/$MAILBOX/mdbox"
     doveadm -v backup -u "$MAILBOX" -P "$LOCATION2"

done

Do you think the preceding shellscript will work if I store my Dovecot messages in the Maildir form?

It would, including this part: LOCATION2="mdbox:..." You can use that as a way to convert between storage formats. Or not. Specify what is needed.