Displaying 20 results from an estimated 2000 matches similar to: "Converting mbox to Maildir, all prior read messages are downloaded as new"
2005 Dec 19
1
Migrating from mbox to maildir, which converter is compatible with dovecot
Hi,
I'm testing/debuging the migration from mbox to maildir in a mailserver
running Dovecot 1.0alpha5.
I migrated all 472715 emails(in a test server) and later noted that dovecot
could not get the same flags/status of the emails as in the mbox.
I was using perfect_maildir.pl and I think its not dovecot fault. Seems
to me that perfect_maildir.pl convert the emails in a way that dovecot
could
2008 Feb 22
3
mbox to maildir conversion does not work
Hello,
I'm try to use the convert plugin, but I cannot seem to get it working
properly. Is there any setting that I'm missing.
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dovecot -n
# 1.0.10: dovecot.conf
log_path: /var/log/dovecot
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
listen(default): 127.0.0.1:143
listen(imap): 127.0.0.1:143
listen(pop3): *:110
ssl_listen(default): *:993
ssl_listen(imap): *:993
ssl_listen(pop3): *:995
2009 Aug 26
1
mbox to maildir migration question and problems, dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5
Hi,
I am trying to assist a customer with a mbox to maildir migration. I have
them using the latest and greatest mb2md.pl; the one that support -K,
-U|-u. They have seen overwhelming success with this; however, a recent
mbox introduced a new scenario and the result was that all messages were
replayed in the client UI.
The mbox in question had _no_ X-UID tags. To work-a-round the issue the
2007 May 17
4
Maildir format migration
Hi all,
I am planning to use dovecot IMAP on my server. Currently it is
running UW-IMAP server with Maildir format storing users' mail. I've
found that dovecot uses different Maildir format from UW-IMAP. Is
there any configuration option for adapting dovecot to use format used
by UW-IMAP?
Thanks a lot.
Tony.
2006 Apr 06
2
preserving pop3 mail uids
Is there some way that message uids can be preserved when converting uw-pop3 mbox mail to dovecot maildir format?
We've tried perfect_maildir, mb2md and the convert-tool that comes with dovecot but so far have been unable to preserve
the message uids, which for example go from 44333a8500000003 before the conversion to 4434621500000003 afterwards.
The quantity of mailboxes involved means
2008 Jul 04
2
How to pull /var/mail mbox leftovers to Maildirs?
I just got my preferred postfix+dovecot(-1.1.1) configuration working on
Ubuntu 8.04 server. Users and Maildirs migrated, etc.
I wasn't seeing inbound mail (in the email client) until I set:
sudo postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/'
Which I hadn't needed in the previous server's main.cf
I have a few hours worth of inbound mostly-spam in /var/mail/(username)
during the time
2007 Mar 19
6
Best way to migrate from Qpopper to Dovecot
Hi List,
what do you think is the best way to migrate (to a new maschine) round
about 30000 mboxes (Qpopper) with an amount of 43Gigs data, to maildir
format (Dovecot).
I think there are two ways:
1.
- stop services (smtp and pop3) on the old maschine
- copy the mboxes to the new maschine
- run a conversion script (for excample: "Perfect_maildir"
http://perfectmaildir.home-dn.net/)
2007 Apr 13
2
Convert mbox to maildir
Hello all
I?ve installed a new Server with dovecot, started using it and had no
problems until I noticed that I couldn?t create sub-sub-folders on my imap
account, I?ve read for the past two days info on how to convert and I know
now that instead of using mbox I need to user maildir, the issue is now to
convert mbox to maildir, on the various searches I did, I found the convert
wiki page
2007 May 09
2
Email client dowloads previously read messages as new during migration.
I am migrating from UW to dovecot and using mbox. I have been able to find
mbox to maildir migration information and tools; however, I have had little
luck finding any tool or information for performing such a migration where I
wish to keep mbox. ( I know I should migrate to MailDir, but in the case I
wish to take baby steps.)
I have setup dovecot pop3 communication and I go to my email client
2007 Feb 20
2
Convert plugin
convert_mail = mbox:%h/mail
Convert plugin. If set, specifies the source storage path which is
converted to destination storage (mail_location) when the user logs
in. The existing mail directory is renamed to <dir>-converted.
I'm not entirely clear on what this does. If someone can clarify for
me, I'll update the Wiki.
I'm hoping it'll allow me to convert
2007 May 16
2
CONVERT Plugin
Timo,
Running v1.0.0
The convert plugin works pretty damn good! No need to mess with
external utilities.
One comment, though: Running here on OS X, I configured it with this
convert_mail line:
convert_mail = mbox:~/Library/Mail/IMAP/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u and
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
The IMAP directory was renamed to IMAP-converted after the process
but the inbox (in
2006 Apr 03
3
batch convert mbox to maildir
Hello,
I have used mb2md for an individual user like this:
su ~username
cd ~
./mb2md -m
This converted /var/spool/mail/username mbox to
/home/users/username/Maildir just as I expected.
To convert 100s of users the same way would be a chore (su as each user
for permissions, etc.).
Is there a way to batch process all /var/spool/mail/$USER to
/home/users/$USER/Maildir with the correct
2007 Mar 09
2
Convert plugin mbox to maildir has no effect
Convert plugin seems to have no effect with dovecot-1.0.rc26 and my settings.
When a user log, maildir creation is successful, but no mbox conversion occur.
New incoming mails are dropped into maildir, but I cant access those
in Mbox file.
I set the following in dovecot.con as describe on wiki.
mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/Maildir/%u
convert_mail: mbox:/var/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Any
2007 Mar 02
2
MBOX to MAILDIR conversion
Thinking about going from mbox to maildir. Started with mbox way back
when but thinking about making the conversion. The main reason is that I
use rsync for backups and when these huge mailboxes are touched I have
to copy the whole thing. With maildir I only copy the files that change.
So - my questions is - what's the easiest way to make this happan. I
assume there are conversion
2009 Jan 29
3
mbox to maildir batch conversion
Hello,
I'm upgrading my mail server from UW to Dovecot and I'd like to convert
from mbox to maildir. I've successfully convert myself and a few other
users with the mb2md script. All is well.
My question is, I have somewhere around 500 users and about 122gb of
mail folders to convert (this does not include the inbox at /var/mail).
mb2md needs to be run as each user to convert.
2007 May 30
1
Dovecot support for smd5 and ldap-md5
Working with a dovecot migration, I am curious what version (if any)
of Dovecot (dovecot-auth) supports SMD5 and ldap-MD5 when using
Dovecot -> OpenLDAP direct binding?
Thank you!
Eric
2006 Jun 29
1
tool for convertin mbox to maildir
Hello!
Can anybody advise me nice and well-tested script for converting mbox to
maildir format that saves all message flags ?
2005 Apr 14
5
dovecot rpms, .subscriptions file, mbox to maildir
Hi,
I am running dovecot 0.99-14 on a Fedora Core 2 machine. I had a few
questions:
1) I wanted to upgrade to the dovecot-1.0 release. However, I am not
sure if that's really required. dovecot-0.99-14 has been running very
well for me for quite some time. Is there a real advantage to switching
to the latest release. The reason I'm asking this is because:
i) I don't have too
2004 Jun 02
7
Advice on converting from Mbox to Maildir?
Does anyone have advice or pointers on good documentation on how to
convert a system from using the Mbox format to using Maildir?
I recently upgraded to Fedora Core 2 from Fedora Core 1 and discovered
that UW-IMAP was gone. So I switched over to using Dovecot. So far so
good.
But I would like to convert my system to start using the Maildir format.
How easy is this to accomplish?
Can I keep
2009 Jan 03
1
convert non-standard mbox to maildir
Hi,
Let me start with wishing you all the best for this new year, and I hope
we'll see a lot of new features and not so much new bugs ;-)
I'm trying to convert a number of PSTs to maildir. Just plain drag&drop in
Outlook doesn't work (gives a very cryptic error message in a certain
folder, but that folder is perfectly all right), and using the import
option also barfs when