[Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion

[Albert E. Whale]

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.

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Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP
Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
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