> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Marc Perkel
> Sent: 06 December 2004 22:59
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: [exim] MBX format - converting to it
>
> OK - fighting various problems - mostly with Outlook - and I
> think I need to convery from the default dumb unix format to
> MBX format.
>
> I'm married to UW IMAP and can't change without extreme pain
> involved.
> Yes maildir is better - but not an option at the moment. As I
> understand it - MBX will give me full file sharing and that -
> hopefully will fix several problems I'm having.
>
> So - I need to convert about 1000 folders to MBX - what do I
> use to do that?
Marc,
you can use the UW mailutil tool that comes with the IMAP software.
Depending on the location of your home directories you need something like -
mailutil move /var/mail/jbloggs #driver.mbx/INBOX
You may need quotes round the target depending on the shell - can't quite
remember. If you're paranoid you can use 'copy' rather than 'move' but
you'll need to make sure exim is set up for mbx only delivery or you may end
up with two out of sync inboxes.
Note that this has to run as the user being converted or root. I converted
over 6000 using this in a number of batches.
Clive McDowell
Information Services
The Queen's University of Belfast
