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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