Silly question… Which is preferred? MailDir or Mbox? (directory vs flat file)
How would you do this when migrating from an old server to a new one? Thx -Mike > On May 2, 2017, at 1:58 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@dovecot.fi> wrote: > > Assuming your maildir path is /path/to/mail/Maildir You could do it like this: > > mail_home=/path/to/mail > mail_location=mdbox:~/Mail > > Then run > > doveadm import -A -s maildir:~/Maildir "" ALL > > mdbox should end up in > > /path/to/mail/Mail > > Please try it with doveadm import -u username first and keep backups, > naturally. > > Aki > > On 2017-05-02 09:51, Tamas Papp wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I replaced HDDs in my home server and reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu >> 17.04). Since I had some time I reviewed my Dovecot configuration and >> changed a couple of things, including mailbox format. >> >> Now I would like to migrate e-mail (about 20G -- I use this server as an >> e-mail archive). The Maildir is available on the (old) hard disk. The >> new dovecot is running. What should I use? Would mbsync work? I would >> prefer a solution that does not mess up the UUIDs, but I can live with >> that too. >> >> $ dovecot --version >> 2.2.27 (c0f36b0) >> >> Incidentally, would you recommend sdbox or mdbox? Lots of e-mails, many >> of them have large attachments. >> >> best, >> >> Tamas
