Re: Managing Maildirs

From: David Raistrick (drais_at_wow.atlasta.net)
Date: 12/19/03

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To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>

    > >>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?

    Pine can be made to work with some itchy-scratchy patching. Takes some
    work. I have a precompiled tree for 4.50 that is patched, though.

    For elm you'll need to use some sort of wrapper, none of which work
    particularly well.

    Mutt supports maildirs natively without issue.

    > >The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to
    > >maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO.

    Painful, but not to bad. A few people have posted solutions to this over
    time. I've used a customly-hacked-with-an-axe solution locally but:
    http://www.gerg.ca/hacks/mb2md/
    seems to have covered it using only two scripting languages. :) (my local
    version uses four...) 

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david raistrick
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