[Dovecot] Migrating from mbox to maildir: Message ordering?

[Ian R. Justman]

I wrote:
> 
> Hi, all.
> 
> I have been playing with the notion of migrating some of my folders to 
> maildir because it's a lot easier to manage that way from a reader 
> standpoint.  The big question I have is how do I maintain message 
> ordering in each folder?

[...]

Thanks to all who sent your suggestions.  I found a solution that worked
exactly for what I wanted and one that might come in handy in the future.

I just need to muck about a bit more with the code to make sure that any
decision to migrate to a hybrid mbox/maildir setup with a test series
release isn't one in vain.  :)

--Ian.