[Dovecot] Migrating from Maildir to Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
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:
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?
Is there an easy tool I can use for this for one mailbox which is doing it automatically?
Thanks,
Rainer
-- Rainer M. Krug
email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com
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@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:
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?
Is there an easy tool I can use for this for one mailbox which is doing it automatically?
Thanks,
Rainer
-- Rainer M. Krug
email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com
Hello Rainer,
24.08.2013 12:42, Rainer M Krug:
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.
Wouldn't it be best for spotlight if you used "local storage" for your mails? In other words: Just download them from your server into your local account. The you're done, and spoltlight will be able to index them.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Schmidt
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Christian Schmidt Christian.Schmidt@chemie.uni-hamburg.de writes:
Hello Rainer,
24.08.2013 12:42, Rainer M Krug:
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.
Wouldn't it be best for spotlight if you used "local storage" for your mails? In other words: Just download them from your server into your local account. The you're done, and spoltlight will be able to index them.
I am using gnus as my mail client. Before switching to mac, I had an old hp and thunderbird just got to slow. So I switched to gnus and I started loving it. After switching to mac, I tried thunderbird again but can't get used to it again and the same with OS X mail (whatever the proiper name of the OS X Mountain Lion mail client is).
I could use one of these and link to the local imap server to index the mails for spotlight, but this would mean doubling my mail storage space (at the moment about 8GB).
Cheers und mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Rainer
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Schmidt
-- Rainer M. Krug
email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2013, Rainer M Krug wrote:
- Is there an easy tool I can use for this for one mailbox which is doing it automatically?
Check out http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync , section "Converting".
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Rainer M Krug
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