If you can have as much of the read/write via Dovecot(IMAP Daemon), most of the pain is on the initial conversion.
If, on the other hand, you have programs/scripts that access the mboxes/maildir's directly, there will be pain/work for each program/script that touches the file(s)/directories.
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Arthur Dent <arthurdent.london@gmail.com>wrote:
On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 16:45 +0200, Patrick De Zordo wrote:
You would *really* not change do Maildir format? It's not so difficult to switch over.. and you will have working and
simple mailfolders.. (also backup and restore would be a simple task)..
So, why won't you change at all?
Well - the more I read about this, the more I think you're right. Perhaps I should convert to Maildir - but I'm terrified...
I have seen that there is a script - mb2md - that I can use, but what changes do I need to make elsewhere?
I get my mail from a variety of ISP and online email accounts using fetchmail. I guess there's no change needed there?
That feeds into procmail. I think I will have to change the mail procmail configuration file and ALL my procmail recipe rc files (I have many) - which filter into several different mboxs?
Within one of the procmail recipes I call spamassassin and clamscan. Will they be a problem?
Then Dovecot. What changes do i need to make within Dovecot?
What about the clients? Do I need to configure squirrelmail, Evolution or iPad/iPhone email clients?
I archive old mail using archivemail. I think this can cope with maildir format, but it archives to a mbox - which I guess is not a problem except when I want to retrieve something from the archive - but I think I can use Mutt for that?
Is there anything else I should consider?
I have the day off tomorrow. I might have a go - what do you think?
Thanks
Mark
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