dovecot - Feb 2011 - IMAP subfolders and MDBOX

Hello

We actually use MBOX format on our mailhub but this
does not permit to create IMAP subfolders.
Many users are asking me fot this feature and I agree
with them of course.

My problem is to choose the format that will permit
imap subfolders creation.

Maildir is not my favorite format and I wonder about
MDBOX.

Does it permit imap subfolders creation ?
It is possible to convert from MBOX to MDBOX in one shot ?
Is it stable / mature enoug for a production server ( 4000 users ) ?

Thank you

On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 07:12 +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote:
> We actually use MBOX format on our mailhub but this
> does not permit to create IMAP subfolders.
It does, although it's less obvious how to do that with most clients.
> My problem is to choose the format that will permit
> imap subfolders creation.
Even mbox supports it, although the filesystem becomes a bit ugly:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders
> Maildir is not my favorite format and I wonder about
> MDBOX.
> 
> Does it permit imap subfolders creation ?
Sure.
> It is possible to convert from MBOX to MDBOX in one shot ?
You can run dsync one user at a time, and of course you can run it for
as many users as you want. I'd suggest switching a few users first to
make sure everything will work nicely.
> Is it stable / mature enoug for a production server ( 4000 users ) ?
I hope so. :)

Sorry guys

Ignore my preceding post ... dsync worked well

not enough coffee this morning ...