On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:16:02AM -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> 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 utilities. I'm using Dovecot for IMAP.
Are you running Debian?
apt-cache show mb2md
> Also - using Ext3 for the file system on a Raid 10 array. Backup server
> will run Ext3 Raid 1. Is the number of files in one directory going to
> be a problem?
I shouldn't think so, but you don't say how many is "many".
> And - any tip/tricks would be appreciated. Things to look out for?
>
> Still in planning stage.
That may be the longest part.
Steven.
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