Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:07:58 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: admin2@enabled.com, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Subject: Re: Implementing IMAP advice for first timer Message-ID: <200605241008.08036.amistry@am-productions.biz> In-Reply-To: <40180F76-5B02-466F-B9D2-AEA2E585FDA5@shire.net> References: <20060524032337.M97496@enabled.com> <200605240514.k4O5EvSE060976@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <40180F76-5B02-466F-B9D2-AEA2E585FDA5@shire.net>
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--nextPart5494825.EmW66bZi3v Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 24 May 2006 02:55, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On May 23, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > >> Installing it from ports (/usr/ports/mail/courier-imap) is > >> pretty straightforward, and most settings can be left at the > >> default, at least > > > > True, except... > > > > Courrier-imap is using maildir mailboxes, so unless the existing > > system already uses maildir, there will be some disturbance at > > the conversion time. > > Can be done very minimally. When we converted from mbox to maildir > (coincidentally to courier) about 4 years ago we just did it in the > middle of the night and had a script that converted the mbox to > maildir (found on a qmail site) and it went fast and quick and mail > access was turned off for only a short time... > > Probably less of a hassle then moving to cyrus but my experience > with cyrus was long ago I made the switch from an mbox -> cyrus/maildir setup several months=20 ago and it went smoothly. You just need to make sure you run=20 reconstruct after the conversion so the index is up to date. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry amistry@am-productions.biz AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ --nextPart5494825.EmW66bZi3v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEdGjHxqA5ziudZT0RAsWCAKCuDhyqv0a9du4uQH3Cn+/nKf91JgCgzNPK efB3BiXjJ20BOqyqrYK3Ln0= =Bbmv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5494825.EmW66bZi3v--
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