similar to: Upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1, plus migration from Maildir to dbox

Hello, I've got a Dovecot 2.3.x setup. Currently it's running Maildir storage. I'd like to convert that to Dbox specifically Sdbox safely. I'm also looking to at the same time or shortly thereafter encrypt the email storage with mail_crypt. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

Ok...I made the leap. Compiled a copy of 1.2b4 (very pleasant compile BTW - almost no warnings, nice code Timo!)...tweaked a config...had a few false starts... 1.2b4 seems to working quite nicely. Now...for my next magical trick... I would like to migrate from maildir to dbox. I've tried using the convert plugin, but it kept failing during the conversion. I should mention my paths:

@lbutlr via dovecot skrev den 2019-06-18 23:06: > On 18 Jun 2019, at 14:32, Adam Raszkiewicz via dovecot > <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: >> Is there any way to convert Dovecot's mdbox/dbox to mbox, MailDir or >> eml format (or any other easy to import format)? > > https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat page error python update that failed ?

Is there any way to convert Dovecot's mdbox/dbox to mbox, MailDir or eml format (or any other easy to import format)? Thanks, Adam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190618/37b21f7e/attachment-0001.html>

* David Mehler via dovecot: > Any help appreciated. https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat -Ralph

Hello, Thanks. Are there any performance or stability advantages Sdbox over Maildir? I'm also thinking ease of encryption an Sdbox or Mdbox vs Maildir? Thanks. Dave. On 5/28/19, Ralph Seichter via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > * David Mehler via dovecot: > >> Any help appreciated. > > https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat > > -Ralph >

Hi, I originally picked mdbox because I had the impression from reading about it on the mailing list that it was more performant and that it would conserve disc space. But lately i found mailboxes have nearly double the storage as reported. I mean, IMAP QUOTA reports around 900MB for one account that has over 2GB when I inspect the mail location of the user using the linux command `du`

I saw that before but there is only maildir -> mdbox but not mdbox -> maildir Did I have missed anything there? ?On 6/18/19, 9:59 PM, "dovecot on behalf of @lbutlr via dovecot" <dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org on behalf of dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > On 18 Jun 2019, at 15:18, Benny Pedersen via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: >

Hi again, I'm still trying to find out if anyone knows the correct way to either switch the existing Maildir multiple file format to the single file format I believe known as MBox. Failing that, though it'll mean a LOT of work for me to manually convert all of the existing Maildirs, how do I get dovecot to work in future in MBox single file format. I tried

On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 01:35, Ralph Seichter via dovecot < dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > * Odhiambo Washington via dovecot: > > > Is it possible? How do I do it for ALL mailboxes? > > This has been asked (and answered) recently; see the Dovecot Wiki. > > -Ralph > Could you kindly point me to the exact article in the wiki, please? -- Best regards, Odhiambo

I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years. Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format. I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct

Hi, How do i convert from Maildir to dbox using the convert plugin? My users reside in /home/user/Maildir. In the dovecot.conf file i've set up convert_mail = dbox:%h but I am not sure about the syntax. Im getting the error: Couldn't create mailbox directory INBOX Mailbox conversion failed, exiting Thanks -- Kjartan

I'm trying to clean up the code for Dovecot v2.0 and I just keep coming back to the same thought: Is having the super-fast maildir -> single-dbox migration really actually a good idea? Some problems with it: 1. Makes the code more complex.. And I've already fixed many bugs related to that, maybe not all. 2. Having some mails in maildir format and others in dbox format isn't

Hello, I've got a Dovecot virtual email setup using maildir as the mailbox format. I am wondering from others who have chosen dbox a comparison between maildir and dbox or those who have migrated from one format to another. I am wondering if changing to dbox would be beneficial? Thanks. Dave.

I'm facing some issues on mdbox based backups. Backups are failing with dbox corruption messages. SiS is the greatest advantage though. However backups integrity is very important. If SiS/Deduplication is not a requirement stick to Maildir. Regards DP -----Original Message----- From: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Gedalya Sent: 20 April 2018 08:19 To: dovecot at

Hello Actually we use MBOX format for all our IMAP access but users complain they cannot create subfolders in imap folders, of course they cannot because of MBOX format ... I need gurus advices on changing mailbox format Maildir of Dbox ? What would be the safest way to go ? Note : we extensively use Thunderbird here. Thanks

I am migrating our mail server from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot. We currently use maildir storage format. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Dovecot's dbox format over maildir? Does anyone have any performance benchmarks for both? What do people use to test performance? We are running on a Mac OS X box (10.5.7) using Postfix 2.6. Thanks, James.

Hello, Thank you, yes I have, it's not answering my questions. Thanks. Dave. On 5/28/19, Ralph Seichter via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > * David Mehler: > >> Are there any performance or stability advantages Sdbox over Maildir? > > Have you read the documentation at all? > > -Ralph >

Hi, we run a Red Hat EL 5.2 mailserver with dovecot as the imap server. Mails are stored in mbox format and there are about 134GB of mail. At the moment users copy their importent mail to their workstation accounts wich are backed up nightly. What are your suggestions to back up the mails not copied? Thanks for any comments. BTW: Dose changing the mailbox format from mbox to Maildir or dbox

Hi! I've changed my mailbox format from dbox to Maildir. The problem is maildir message filename extension has no S=/W= field after migration. Using dovecot 2.1.15.