Re: Managing Maildirs

From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 12/19/03

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    Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:39:34 -0600
To: Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net>

    Damian Gerow wrote:

    >Thus spake Eric Anderson (anderson@centtech.com) [19/12/03 14:33]:
    >
    >
    >>>Number one above will do the trick and is far more efficient than using the
    >>>``find ...-exec'', although you might want to modify it to only nuke mail
    >>>over a certain age. To nuke all trash over 30 days old:
    >>>
    >>> find /home/*/Maildir/.Trash -type f -mtime +30 | xargs rm
    >>>
    >>>
    >>On a totally unrelated note, I'm thinking about switching from mbox
    >>formatted mailboxes using imap, to a more robust and faster imap server
    >>that uses maildirs. My problem is, I have pop users, imap users, and
    >>elm/mutt/pine users on the same box. Does elm/mutt/pine work ok with
    >>maildirs? What about sendmail? What should I be looking out for?
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Oddly enough, we were just discussing a similar thing yesterday, but decided
    >against it.
    >
    >I am currently using mutt with mh-style directories on my local machine,
    >without difficulties. And if it /does/ cause difficulties, just IMAP to
    >localhost. Mutt and IMAP seem to play nicely together, I've been using it
    >with cyrus for about a year now, with no issues (aside from configuration
    >issues).
    >
    >The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to
    >maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO.
    >

    What about sendmail? Anyone using sendmail with it?

    Eric 

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