Re: [exim] Concurrent use of mbox and maildir formats

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Autor: Mike Jones
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To: 'Exim Mailing List'
Betreff: Re: [exim] Concurrent use of mbox and maildir formats
Hi,
S'ok I've sorted it. I've temporarily installed Dovecot and just got it to
run up its POP3 server and look to the mbox's that Exim has set up in
/var/mail. Works like a dream.

Apologies if this isn't quite an exim question, but I put it here just in
case there was a solution within exim itself. Besides, I'm sure it'll come
up again with someone else at some point.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: exim-users-bounces@??? [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On
Behalf Of Steven Wayne
Sent: 16 February 2007 12:47
To: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [exim] Concurrent use of mbox and maildir formats

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:31:30PM -0000, Mike Jones wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm in the process of switching over from ipop3d to courier-imap, and
> as part of that, switching my users from mbox to maildir.
>
> This is quite a big job, and isn't practical to do in one evening, so
> I need to migrate the users over several days, while still allowing
> them to get access to their emails.
>
> I've set up a test server with exim and courier-imap, and I'm in the
> process of trying this out, prior to doing it on the live server.
>
> I've managed to set up the necessary routers in the exim config, and I
> can have some test user accounts using their existing mbox files,
> while others are using the new maildir files.
>
> However the problem comes when retrieving mail. As courier-imap (i
> assume) cannot look at mbox files, any of my test accounts still using
> mbox files, cannot retrieve their emails, while the ones using the new
> maildir files can.
>
> One obvious solution would be to run a pop3 server than can read mbox
> files, concurrently with courier-imaps pop3 server and have them
> listening on different ports - then setting the mail clients to the
> appropriate port for POP3.
>
> Has anyone else had to do this this kind of migration ? Anyone have
> any suggestions ? I've tried to install ipop3d, but it won't install
> with courier-imap (conflicting files).
>
> Mike


Could you use mb2md to convert mbox files to maildir?

Steven.
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[Crash programs] fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine
women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.
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