-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/08 23:30, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:33:30AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 11:22:50AM -0500, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >>> On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:45:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> > >>>>> There are other mailbox formats, most notably Maildir, which store each >>>>> message in a separate file. If the system drops while a file is being >>>>> written and that file's data is lost, then you only lose one message >>>>> instead of the whole mailbox. >>>> That's exactly what I meant >>> OK. With stock Debian's exim4 and mutt, how do I switch from mbox to >>> maildir? I assume that once I do, the user's interaction with the mail >>> from within Mutt will look the same? >> I believe that if you dpkg-reconfigure exim, you get a prompt asking >> whether to use Maildir. > > Thanks, > > Its been quite easy. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, choose maildir. > Add MAIL=/home/$USER/Maildir to /etc/bash.bashrc so that mutt picks it > up. > > One question: Is there a way for bash to check Maildir for new mail or > should I just disable its check alltogether? It is misleading for it to > say "no mail". I also have been in the habit of using "from -c"; is > there a Maildir equivalent? I also see from the mutt man page that it > refers one to the maildir(5) man page which I can't find.
It should be in courier-base. Might also be in somewhere in dovecot. > Ok, another question. > > All our saved messages are in mbox format. In the future, can mutt save > messages to Maildir directories instead of mbox files? Isn't that a configuration option within Mutt? It's configurable in Tbird, Evo, KMail, Lookout, etc. > Is there a > conversion program? mb2md.pl - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHp0trS9HxQb37XmcRAqZ/AKDWkLCuD7vOFPKmg/793IxpoozJigCdFJFU Pjl2hemJwCHSFe5Z0WIsSq0= =+B7t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
