On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
> On 26/Aug/1999, Michael Elkins wrote:
>
> > As for which is best, maildir probably works faster for large mailboxes since
> > each message is stored in a separate file, so things like deleting message 500
> > of 1000 happen instantaneously whereas in a mbox style you have to rewrite
> > half of the mailbox to delete the one in the middle. This is also true for
> > updating the message status (marking messages as read or replied to).
>
> My bunch of questions about this (sorry if it's offtopic):
>
> - Is it possible to use both types at once? (maildir for the bigger
> folders, mbox for the little ones)
i don't know, but i think so.
>
> - How could I change my mbox folders to maildir? Any program that does
> this?
yes. i used mutt to convert from mh to maildir folders, but the
method i used was independent of the originating folder. first,
change your default mailbox style to the new one, so that when
mutt creates a new folder, it'll create it in the desired new
format. second, rename your old folder. third -- and i don't
remember the exact syntax, but i'm sure others can jump in here
and fill in the blanks -- you can call mutt from the command
line and have it execute the following: have it change to the
renamed folder (c=renamedfoldername\n), tag all (???), have it
save all tagged messages in the new folder (???s=newfoldername\n),
then then have it quit (q\ny\n). i know you can put all of these
commands together on the command line, but i forgot the syntax.
> - Does procmail support this format?
yes, but you need a patch.
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~bguenter/distrib/procmail-maildir/
works great for me and you don't need to worry about file
locking. just remember, when you list a maildir folder
you want something filed in, you have to have a trailing '/'
like so:
:0
* $ ^TO$ME
inbox/
> - (ObMutt) Does mutt detect automatically the folder format?
afaik, yes. it uses some tell-tale "signatures" for each
format to guess what the format is. sometimes, it gets
confused, but most of the time it works.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
you're welcome in arrears. =;]
pete
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