On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:34:57 -0500 Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:52:37 +0100, Bjørn T Johansen said: > > On 28.11.2012 18:10, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:12:15 +0100, Bjørn T Johansen said: > > >> I am planning to shut down my own Dovecot server and start using > > >> the other Dovecot server I am administering together with a > > >> friend.. > > >> > > >> And I was thinking that I don't want to copy the emails I have on > > >> my server so I want to start from scratch on the other server.. > > >> But I would like to be able to look at the old emails if I need > > >> to, so was wondering if there is a way to do this without using an > > >> imap server? Can I convert my mails stored in the maildir format > > >> to mbox or is there a better way to solve my problem? > > > > > > I'm not sure why you want to convert to mbox, especially when there > > > are > > > multiple mbox versions. > > > > > > I'm also not sure why you don't want to copy emails. How else would > > > they appear on the new server. I suppose you could use rsync to copy > > > the data itself. > > > > > > You use Claws-Mail. If I were in your shoes, I'd bring up the empty > > > Dovecot server and make a new Claws-Mail account for that empty > > > server. > > > Then in Claws-Mail I'd use the copy feature to copy whole folder > > > trees > > > to the new server. Once that's done, I'd reconfigure your original > > > Dovecot so it can serve only on its local machine, and bang, you > > > have your new server, with old emails you can look at. > > > > > > This is similar to the procedure I used to move my Kmail folders > > > (over > > > 100K messages) to Dovecot. > > > > > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > SteveT > > > > Well, I could do that... But you see, there is not much of the emails > > I have at the moment that I really need, I might need one now and > > then... So that is why I don't want to copy almost 10GB of email to > > the new server... > > > > But I guess that might be the most practical solution perhaps... > > Doesn't seem to be a better solution.... > > > > > > BTJ > > > > Hi Bjørn, > > Here's the thought process that led me to the suggestion. All email > clients suck. Right now Claws-Mail sucks the least, but that could > change in a heartbeat. In my experience, a Dovecot server is a much > more reliable place to *keep* email than is any client, because you can > access it from *any* IMAP aware email client. A localhost-only Dovecot > isn't any harder to set up than an email client, but in my experience > it's a much better steward of your email. > > Imagine if, two years ago, you had kept such emails in Kmail, and then > upgraded your Linux and been forced into Kmail2. It would have been a > disaster. > > The other thing is, I'm not really sure what your goal is. It sounds > like you want your emails on yours and your friends IMAP server, and > then a copy locally. Or perhaps you wanted your old email only locally. > Either of those speaks to a local Dovecot server. > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > * http://twitter.com/stevelitt > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > I only want my old mails locally but I think I have to consider a local Dovecot installation; the more I think about it the more that seems to be the best solution... :) BTJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
