On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:00:59 +0100, Pedro Ribeiro
wrote:> Hello!
>
> Thank you for the suggestion.
>
> That solved the problem of using layout FS with MBOX storage format.
>
> After copying all the mail of the test user to the namespace in this
> format I've compressed all the storage files with ZSTD and that changed
> the name with the additional suffix .zst
>
> Dovecot seems to need this to be .zstd so I've fixed the names.
>
> But ... it doesn't work.
>
> > Jun 28 08:56:39 ribble dovecot:
> > imap(pribeiro at net.ipl.pt)<82609><vi0h1M7FGMMKZP4/>:
Error: Mailbox
> > @HISTZLIB/IPLNet:
> >
stat(/mnt/mail-hist/historic-fs/net.ipl.pt/ro/pribeiro/mailboxes/IPLNet/mBoX-MeSsAgEs)
> > failed: No such file or directory
> In that directory the filename is:
>
> > -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 853M Jun 25 17:25 mBoX-MeSsAgEs.zstd
> What am I doing wrong?
Hm. It is possible that it just doesn't work. mbox doesn't get a lot
of
attention these days - its support is more of a migration tool.
Out of curiosity, why do you use mbox? In your earlier email you said that
you want a self contained format. Why? What's the goal?
Jeff.
>
> regards!
>
> On 24/06/2021 14:53, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:35:24 +0100, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> >> Hello everyone!
> >>
> >> Our archive namespace is kept in MBOX format with Maildir++ layout
due to:
> >>
> >> * Need to have the email from all users/folders self contained
(our
> >> base namespace uses MDBOX with single instance storage of
attachments)
> >> * MBOX/FS layout isn't supported because some folders have
messages
> >> and subfolders.
> > You should be able to use the fs layout if you specify a dirname:
> >
https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_location/mbox/mboxchildfolders/#messages-in-named-file
> >
> > Then, the compression suffix being added shouldn't matter.
> >
> > Jeff.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Pedro Ribeiro
> Polit?cnico de Lisboa, Servi?os da Presid?ncia
> Departamento de Sistemas de Informa??o e Comunica??es
> Phone: +351 210 464 700 (general) / VoIP: 80100
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