Shared folders using mbox format

Sven Hartge sven at svenhartge.de
Fri Sep 25 22:41:59 EEST 2020


On 25.09.20 21:28, Alex wrote:

> I'd like to create a shared folder to be used with an Outlook client
> and a Thunderbird client. We're currently using mboxes.
> 
> I've read the documentation here about creating a shared folder:
> https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared
> 
> It doesn't make reference to how to do this using mbox format. Is it
> possible? Should we convert to Maildir? Perhaps there's a way to
> provide both formats?

You should never use mbox for anything other than maybe read-only
archival storage.

Use Maildir++ if you need to be compatible with anything accessing the
mail other than Dovecot or better yet, use Dovecots own sdbox format.

Grüße,
Sven.

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