It never hurts to ask...... I am bringing up DC on my production mailserver (which runs UWIMAP for production IMAP service) to learn and test it, much as I did when I introduced SSL protected IMAP, using an unpublicized non-standard port. The folder and mailbox location and format will remain the same. Questions: 1) Will DC be building indices for everything or just for the userid that I use to request client service for? 2) Are there any pitfalls others have experience doing this? -- ===Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 sdean at bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 14:45 -0400, Stewart Dean wrote:> It never hurts to ask...... > I am bringing up DC on my production mailserver (which runs UWIMAP for > production IMAP service) to learn and test it, much as I did when I > introduced SSL protected IMAP, using an unpublicized non-standard > port. The folder and mailbox location and format will remain the same. > Questions: > 1) Will DC be building indices for everything or just for the userid > that I use to request client service for?Just for those users who you're logging in as. Or even more accurately, only for those mailboxes that it opens.> 2) Are there any pitfalls others have experience doing this?I don't think there should be problems. Dovecot's mbox code should be fully compatible with UW-IMAP. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20070315/ed1472f4/attachment.bin>
Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 14:45 -0400, Stewart Dean wrote: >> It never hurts to ask...... >> I am bringing up DC on my production mailserver (which runs UWIMAP for >> production IMAP service) to learn and test it, much as I did when I >> introduced SSL protected IMAP, using an unpublicized non-standard >> port. The folder and mailbox location and format will remain the same. >> Questions: >> 1) Will DC be building indices for everything or just for the userid >> that I use to request client service for? > > Just for those users who you're logging in as. Or even more accurately, > only for those mailboxes that it opens. > >> 2) Are there any pitfalls others have experience doing this? > > I don't think there should be problems. Dovecot's mbox code should be > fully compatible with UW-IMAP. >Just don't open the same mailbox with Dovecot and UW-IMAP at the same time! You may also find that UW-IMAP changes the UIDVALIDITY sometimes, which will cause Dovecot to complain next time it opens the mailbox, but Dovecot will be happy again on subsequent opens. We did this for a couple of months before we migrated to Dovecot. Best Wishes, Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094