On Aug 14, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Mike Hobbs wrote:
Sorry to bother everyone but I was wondering if it is possible for Dovecot to handle mbox AND maildir at the same time?
Sure.
I'd like to use maildir with all my new users, but I'd like to be able to continue using mbox for my old users and slowly convert them as I get time.
Here are some possibilities:a) Let Dovecot auto-detect the mailbox location by leaving mail_location setting empty. If ~/Maildir exists it's used, if not mbox is used (assuming you're using a standard ~/mail location or such).
b) Explicitly specify mail_location for each user in userdb. This requires that you use a userdb that allows extra fields (so passwd won't work) and remember to update it after each user is converted.
c) Like a) but do the auto-detection yourself using post-login scripting: http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting. This won't work if you're using Dovecot's deliver though.
d) Let Dovecot do the conversion for you. When a user logs in, his/her mails are converted. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Convert
It's even possible for the same user to use both mbox and maildir at the same time using namespaces.
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