[Dovecot] Converting from qpopper mbox to dovecot maildir

[Joseph Tam]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, list at airstreamcomm.net wrote:

> We have an older mail server using qpopper and the mbox format which we
> need to update to dovecot and maildir format.  I have read through the docs
> on migrating from mbox to maildir, as well as a few nuggets on how to
> migrate from qpopper to dovecot, and I was wondering if I could get some
> suggestions on best practices for this specific migration.  Would the built
> in dovecot conversion plugin be a viable method to migrate users?  We will
> be migrating to dovecot 2.0.12 from qpopper 4.0.5.

I didn't do anything special other than to use

 	pop3_reuse_xuidl = yes

so that clients don't re-download all their messages.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>