Please read https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/migrating_mailboxes/
Aki > On 11/02/2022 21:29 cincodemayo...@yahoo.com <cincodemayo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thank you for confirming. That was the conclusion I came to, particularly > after seeing the structure of Maildir mailboxes and how the individual > messages were encrypted. Clearly it would be difficult to do the same with an > unlimited number of messages stored in a single file. > > A followup question if I may. I probably should just start another thread, > but, how difficult is it to convert to Maildir? Any gotchas? Any differences > in how to manage the server? How effective is the mb2md? Not looking for a > cookbook, just an opinion on whether it is worth converting. > > We've used mbox format going back before CentOS 5, so change is hard. > > Environment is CentOS 7, Dovecot, Sendmail, Pigeonhole, MailScanner, > Mailwatch SQL, Thunderbird clients. > > Thanks, > Doug > On Friday, February 11, 2022, 09:31:09 AM EST, Aki Tuomi > <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 11/02/2022 16:26 cincodemayo...@yahoo.com <cincodemayo...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > My Dovecot server of many years has been set up to use mbox email folders. > > I want to implement mail-crypt and after banging my head against a wall for > > a few days trying to get mail-crypt to work I decided to try it against a > > test instance of my server that I reset to use Maildir format and > > mail-crypt worked instantly. > > > > > > Does mail-crypt work with mbox format mail folders, or am I wasting my time > > unless I switch over to Maildir? The documentation at > > https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_crypt_plugin/ doesn't > > explicitly say Maildir is required. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail crypt will not work with it. Mbox format has limited support of features. > --- > Aki Tuomi
