I need to import the mail database generated by the evolution mail reader into dovecot. Evolution stores its mail in maildir format (fully standards compatible, I think); I would be using the maildir format in dovecot. Is there anything in the wiki, etc. explaining exactly how to do this? Why do this? Evolution is hopelessly broken, and is not likely to be fixed in the forseeable future, and I would like to keep my mails in maildir form. Reviews of kmail are very bad, and thunderbird uses the mbox format for storage. Thanks in advance - jon
* Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh at pacbell.net>:> I need to import the mail database generated by the evolution mail > reader into dovecot. Evolution stores its mail in maildir format (fully > standards compatible, I think); I would be using the maildir format in > dovecot. Is there anything in the wiki, etc. explaining exactly how to > do this? > > Why do this? Evolution is hopelessly broken, and is not likely to be > fixed in the forseeable future, and I would like to keep my mails in > maildir form. Reviews of kmail are very bad, and thunderbird uses the > mbox format for storage.If it is native maildir you can configure that/your account to use maildir and simply copy your mailbox over to Dovecot. When Dovecot accesses the mailbox it will create the necessary index files and you are ready to use it. p at rick -- state of mind () http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstra?e 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 M?nchen Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht M?nchen Partnerschaftsregister PR 563
>> maildir form. Reviews of kmail are very bad, and thunderbird uses the >> mbox format for storage. > > If it is native maildir you can configure that/your account to use maildir and > simply copy your mailbox over to Dovecot. When Dovecot accesses the mailbox it > will create the necessary index files and you are ready to use it.if you want to use any of those hopeless programs just turn message caching in them (folder synchronization off in thunderbird) and login to dovecot, even on localhost. kmail v.3 is barely usable, v4 is good.
sorry for replying through that links but - as you may see - replying to Jonathan will not work. If AT&T have such strange policy then i am just sorry. It sings the beginning of end of open internet if more companies will start to do this, and result in few huge corporations handling everything. Not happy world to live. On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:> On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 10:32 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> For Jonathan Ryshpan: >> >> for no obvious reason my IP is blocked at AT&T mail server you use. > > I'm not sure what's going on, but I suspect the problem is this: Many US > mail servers refuse to accept mail from any servers that they have not > approved; if mail is coming direct from you to ATT, rather than via some > large ISP, it will likely be refused. This is supposed to reduce the > amount of spam (fat chance). > > Thanks for your reply - jon > > >