[Dovecot] mixed MBOX and Maildir format ?

[Timo Sirainen]

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