On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:06 AM, Daniel L. Miller <dmil...@amfes.com> wrote:
> Odhiambo Washington wrote: > >> I thought so. Now I have seen, read and understood (so far) >> http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Exim. >> However I do not see any examples for configuring dovecot for dbox. Is it >> as >> easy as s/maildir/dbox/g in the following: >> >> mail_location = >> >> maildir:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/dovecot/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot/%u >> >> > Not quite. And "configuration" is not "migration" - keep that in mind if > you're trying to change an existing system. > > Given the above, I'd do: > mail_location = dbox:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n/dbox > > Keep in mind dbox is 100% proprietary to Dovecot. While indexes are > supplemental - even optional - for the other formats, part of what makes > dbox special is that the mails are stored in the indexes. So your > configuration that has the indexes split off to different folders probably > isn't a good idea if you're going to dbox. > >> And suppose I wanted to redeliver mail stored in dbox, using the MTA?? For >> example, I have used the following script to redeliver mail stored in >> Maildir: >> >> > I don't think this would be an option anymore. Maildir stores the raw > message in a simple file - which makes such manipulation easy. Dbox will > store it in a proprietary format. Unless a utility is provided that would > accept a dbox message-id and return a raw message (haven't seen one > advertised) you would have to use some kind of IMAP interface to accomplish > this. If such access is important to you - stick with maildir. > >> Ok. Sorry it looks like I have unending questions:( >> >> > Never apologize for seeking knowledge. Thanks Daniel. One last question: There was a mention of a script to migrate from Maildir to dbox. Where is it? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." - Natalie Wood
