Hello
would it be possible to have mixed formats in Dovecot 2.1.x userland ?
I mean
MBOX format for INBOXes Maildir format for IMAP folders ( to let users create subfolders )
Thank you
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
would it be possible to have mixed formats in Dovecot 2.1.x userland ?
I mean
MBOX format for INBOXes Maildir format for IMAP folders ( to let users create subfolders )
You could, although I think it's a bad idea (more complex, mbox breaks easlier, etc.) http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Examples
On 05/09/2012 02:20 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
would it be possible to have mixed formats in Dovecot 2.1.x userland ?
I mean
MBOX format for INBOXes Maildir format for IMAP folders ( to let users create subfolders ) You could, although I think it's a bad idea (more complex, mbox breaks easlier, etc.) http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Examples
Hello
Yes I know it is far from the best solution , but this will be temporary my final goal is to convert all users's email space to maildir but I cannot do it all at once because of time it will take.
I cannot stop my production server 24 hours to convert all mailboxes from MBOX to Maildir or I would have to face at a users's riot !!!
On 05/09/2012 09:24 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote:
On 05/09/2012 02:20 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
would it be possible to have mixed formats in Dovecot 2.1.x userland ?
I mean
MBOX format for INBOXes Maildir format for IMAP folders ( to let users create subfolders ) You could, although I think it's a bad idea (more complex, mbox breaks easlier, etc.) http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Examples
Hello
Yes I know it is far from the best solution , but this will be temporary my final goal is to convert all users's email space to maildir but I cannot do it all at once because of time it will take.
I cannot stop my production server 24 hours to convert all mailboxes from MBOX to Maildir or I would have to face at a users's riot !!!
BTW would it be possible to run 2 Dovecot instances on the same server ? one running on std ports numbers and one running on customs ports numbers thank you
Hi Frank,
Frank Bonnet wrote:
would it be possible to run 2 Dovecot instances on the same server? one running on std ports numbers and one running on customs ports numbers thank you
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot
Section "Running Multiple Invocations of Dovecot" describes exactly what is needed to run two instances.
Kind regards Daniel
On 05/09/2012 02:20 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
would it be possible to have mixed formats in Dovecot 2.1.x userland ?
I mean
MBOX format for INBOXes Maildir format for IMAP folders ( to let users create subfolders ) You could, although I think it's a bad idea (more complex, mbox breaks easlier, etc.) http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Examples
And ... ( at last I promise ) would it be possible to convert some IMAP folders during the transfert WITHOUT stopping the production ?
I mean , actually all mailboxes are in MBOX format ( INBOX and IMAP folders )
what I would like to do is :
When a user is not connected I transfert his/her IMAP folders from the server's local disk to a NFS mounted bigger and expendable partition ( NetAPP filer's volume )
During this transfert I also would like to convert the IMAP folders format from MBOX to Maildir
Is it possible ?
thank you
On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 11:19 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote:
And ... ( at last I promise ) would it be possible to convert some IMAP folders during the transfert WITHOUT stopping the production ?
I mean , actually all mailboxes are in MBOX format ( INBOX and IMAP folders )
what I would like to do is :
When a user is not connected I transfert his/her IMAP folders from the server's local disk to a NFS mounted bigger and expendable partition ( NetAPP filer's volume )
During this transfert I also would like to convert the IMAP folders format from MBOX to Maildir
Is it possible ?
Yes, as documented in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync#example_converting
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Daniel Parthey
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Frank Bonnet
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Timo Sirainen