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Egbert Jan van den Bussche

2010-Oct-06 20:01 UTC

[Dovecot] Convert plugin

Hi,
I'm trying to get old mail from /var/mail/<user>, where <user>
is the
(sometimes) huge mailfile, not a directory, converted to the maildir 
INBOX in ~/Maildir. Users have no ~/mail directory; they were supposed 
to use pop3 only.

I'm trying the example from the wiki:

plugin {
   convert_mail = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%n
}

but have still not succeded. I tried /var/mail/<user> where <user>
is a
file and /var/mail/<user>/<user> where user is first a diredtory en
the
second <user> a file. I also used the filename 'inbox', since the 
logging suggested that to me. Other logging seems to indicate that the 
right maildir++ info is composed.

I'm in vor any advise!
TIA
Egbert Jan (NL)

Here is dovecot -n:

# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-25-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
log_path: /var/log/dovecot/error.log
info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/info.log
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
listen: *, [::]
ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
ssl_cipher_list: 
ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
disable_plaintext_auth: no
verbose_ssl: yes
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login
mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10
mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10
mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3
mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10
first_valid_uid: 200
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mail_debug: yes
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve
mail_plugins(default): convert autocreate
mail_plugins(imap): convert autocreate
mail_plugins(pop3):
mail_plugins(managesieve):
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve
imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
imap_client_workarounds(managesieve):
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve):
lda:
   postmaster_address: postmaster
   deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$
   rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
   auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
auth default:
   mechanisms: plain login
   realms: kader.hcc.nl hobby.nl
   cache_size: 1024
   verbose: yes
   debug: yes
   passdb:
     driver: pam
     args: failure_show_msg=yes cache_key=%u dovecot
   passdb:
     driver: sql
     args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
   userdb:
     driver: passwd
     args: mail=maildir:~/Maildir
   userdb:
     driver: sql
     args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
   socket:
     type: listen
     client:
       path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth
       mode: 432
       user: postfix
       group: postfix
     master:
       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
       mode: 384
       user: vmail
       group: vmail
plugin:
   convert_mail: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%n
   convert_skip_broken_mailboxes: yes
   autocreate: Trash
   autocreate2: Sent
   autocreate3: Drafts
   autocreate4: Spam
   autosubscribe: Trash
   autosubscribe2: Sent
   autosubscribe3: Drafts
   autosubscribe4: Spam

Timo Sirainen

2010-Oct-15 18:10 UTC

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[Dovecot] Convert plugin

On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 22:01 +0200, Egbert Jan van den Bussche
wrote:> I'm trying the example from the wiki:
> 
> plugin {
>    convert_mail = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%n
> }
> 
> but have still not succeded. 
Did you figure it out already? The problem is that you have no ~/mail/
directory, convert plugin doesn't then do anything because it thinks the
mails are already converted. Either you need to create those dirs, or
maybe it's easier to just use one of the scripts and do all the users at
once some weekend.

Dr Matthew Williams

2010-Oct-27 16:28 UTC

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[Dovecot] Convert Plugin

Hello,

I have been investigating mailbox conversions and have used the convert
plugin under Dovecot V1.x. I cannot find the plugin in the list on the
wiki for Dovcot V2.x, is it not included for a reason?

I understand that I can do a post-login script to do the conversion,
any guidance on best practices?

Thanks,

Matthew.



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Daniel Luttermann

2010-Oct-27 18:26 UTC

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[Dovecot] Convert Plugin

Dr Matthew Williams wrote on 10/27/2010:
> Hello,
>
> I have been investigating mailbox conversions and have used the convert
> plugin under Dovecot V1.x. I cannot find the plugin in the list on the
> wiki for Dovcot V2.x, is it not included for a reason?
>
> I understand that I can do a post-login script to do the conversion,
> any guidance on best practices?
you can use dsync instead.

Link: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync

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Daniel

Tobias Daucher

2010-Oct-28 06:09 UTC

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Am 27.10.2010 20:26, schrieb Daniel Luttermann:> Dr Matthew Williams wrote on 10/27/2010:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been investigating mailbox conversions and have used the convert
>> plugin under Dovecot V1.x. I cannot find the plugin in the list on the
>> wiki for Dovcot V2.x, is it not included for a reason?
>>
>> I understand that I can do a post-login script to do the conversion,
>> any guidance on best practices?
>
> you can use dsync instead.
>
> Link: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync
>
> --
> Daniel
>after having some problems with dsync, we did all convertings like this
(imap-tool/daemon)
1. make a namespace for the old format
2. make a namespace for the new format
3. use something like this:
(echo "1 select .mboxnamespace/old"; echo "2 copy 1:*
mdboxnamespace/new"; echo "3 logout")|
"/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap -u <user>"
after checking the result you can do
(echo "1 select .mboxnamespace/old"; echo "2 delete
.mboxnamespace/old"; echo "3 logout")|
"/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap -u <user>"
and thats it... works for every formats that dovecot can access... perhaps it is
possible to add
this way as an alternative for dsync to the wiki - cause dsync has some
problems.. i.e. wenn old
mailboxes have little errors or something like that...
note: you have to create the new "folder" in the new namespace of
course before copying...

bye and i hope this will help all of you!
Tobi

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