[Dovecot] Converting huge mbox to Dovecot mbox + indexes

[David A. Lee]

I'm curious why this is an issue ? Wont dovecot make the indexes on first 
use of the mbox if it finds no indexes ?



> >From: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
>>
>>On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 15:30 -0500, Bertrand Leboeuf wrote:
>>
>>> I have ~500 users, some with HUGE mbox (500MB-1GB),
>>> is there a script to create the Dovecot indexes at night
>>> to help speed up the migration process.
>>
>>If you use the dovecot converter then indexes will be built during the
>>conversion.
>>
>>johannes
>
> Good, can I use convert-tool to do: mbox -> mbox + indexes
>
> I have not tested the maildir configs yet and I will
> have to deal with the number of files and their placement.
>
> Bertrand
>
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