dovecot - Mar 2011 - dsync inbox conversion problem (mbox -> mdbox)

Hi,

We are trying to convert all mbox mail on our systems to mdbox using 
dsync, in order to be able to use email sub-folders in Thunderbird.

Everything works fine for non-inbox folders, however the inbox folders 
are not getting converted.

We used:

*dsync -v convert mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u*

*dovecot --version*
2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef) (shipping with RHEL6/SL6)

*dovecot -n*
# 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.18.2.el6.i686 i686 Scientific Linux release 6.0 
(Carbon)
mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
passdb {
   driver = pam
}
protocols = imap
service auth {
   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
     group = postfix
     mode = 0666
     user = postfix
   }
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
   driver = passwd
}

Sergiy

On 2011-03-22 5:09 AM, Sergiy Kyrylkov wrote:
> *dovecot -n*
> # 2.0.beta6
Upgrade... upgrade... upgrade...

It amazes me how many people come here looking for help when they are
running ancient/buggy/pre-release versions...

-- 

Best regards,

Charles

On 22/03/2011 09:09, Sergiy Kyrylkov wrote:
> We are trying to convert all mbox mail on our systems to mdbox using 
> dsync, in order to be able to use email sub-folders in Thunderbird.
You should not be using 2.0 beta6. You should be using 2.0.11 or later.

You can have folders containing both messages and folders under mbox. 
See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders.

But I say again, you should not be using 2.0 beta6. You should be using 
2.0.11 or later.
> Everything works fine for non-inbox folders, however the inbox folders 
> are not getting converted.
>
> We used:
>
> *dsync -v convert mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u*
>
> *dovecot --version*
> 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef) (shipping with RHEL6/SL6)
Early 2.0.x supposedly stable versions had many many problems which 
means you should under no circumstances attempt to use them, LET ALONE 
2.0 beta versions.

You really should upgrade to 2.0.<latest> (currently 2.0.11).

I will have zero sympathy for whining along the lines of:

- "Well that's what's in my distro"
- "My employer only allows bona fide distro packages"

Did I mention you should be using 2.0.11 or later? I can't remember. 
Anyway, you should be using 2.0.11 or later.

Bill