Re: [Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion
On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
Neil wrote:
On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've
run it for years.Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the
plunge to convert to the Maildir format.I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully
converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am
setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder.
I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat
formula, but now have a question.New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not?
How are you attempting to retrieve them?
I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
Is Maildir an IMAP format?
No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to
note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far
as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/
new/" directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as
a mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
-N.
Neil wrote:
On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
Neil wrote:
On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years.
Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format.
I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question.
New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not?
How are you attempting to retrieve them?
I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
Is Maildir an IMAP format?
No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/" directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
-N.
I suspected that, but I do not understand why Dovecot is not passing back the messages.
As you are probably already aware, Thunderbird does not let you specify the directory. In fact the configuration does not permit the selection of a directory.
Is there a debug setting for Dovecot, so that I can determine if permissions are not an issue?
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on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following:
On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
Neil wrote:
On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years.
Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format.
I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question.
New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not?
How are you attempting to retrieve them?
I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
Is Maildir an IMAP format?
No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/" directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
-N.
With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set "IMAP server directory".
-- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
Scott Silva wrote:
on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following:
On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
Neil wrote:
On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years.
Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format.
I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question.
New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not?
How are you attempting to retrieve them?
I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
Is Maildir an IMAP format?
No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/" directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
-N.
With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set "IMAP server directory".
Good, because I am still using the POP3 server.
-- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
on 10-23-2008 4:31 PM Albert E. Whale spake the following:
Scott Silva wrote:
on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following:
On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote:
Neil wrote:
On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote:
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years.
Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format.
I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question.
New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not?
How are you attempting to retrieve them?
I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird.
Is Maildir an IMAP format?
No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/" directory is part of Maildir's internal format.
That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/".
-N.
With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set "IMAP server directory".
Good, because I am still using the POP3 server.
Sorry. After you get a little way down the thread, you forget some details. Did you post a "dovecot -n" to see if you have a setting messed up somewhere?
-- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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Albert E. Whale
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Neil
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Scott Silva