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Date:      Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:40:31 -0500
From:      Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Managing Maildirs
Message-ID:  <20031219194031.GN758@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <3FE3523D.7000701@centtech.com>
References:  <20031219165302.GA51410@ns2.wananchi.com> <20031219190055.GD85955@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <3FE3523D.7000701@centtech.com>

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Thus spake Eric Anderson (anderson@centtech.com) [19/12/03 14:33]:
> >Number one above will do the trick and is far more efficient than using the
> >``find ...-exec'', although you might want to modify it to only nuke mail
> >over a certain age.  To nuke all trash over 30 days old:
> >
> >	find /home/*/Maildir/.Trash -type f -mtime +30 | xargs rm
> 
> On a totally unrelated note,  I'm thinking about switching from mbox 
> formatted mailboxes using imap, to a more robust and faster imap server 
> that uses maildirs.  My problem is, I have pop users, imap users, and 
> elm/mutt/pine users on the same box.  Does elm/mutt/pine work ok with 
> maildirs?  What about sendmail?  What should I be looking out for?

Oddly enough, we were just discussing a similar thing yesterday, but decided
against it.

I am currently using mutt with mh-style directories on my local machine,
without difficulties.  And if it /does/ cause difficulties, just IMAP to
localhost.  Mutt and IMAP seem to play nicely together, I've been using it
with cyrus for about a year now, with no issues (aside from configuration
issues).

The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to
maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO.



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