From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 12:39:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A8B016A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:39:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41FA943D45 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:39:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from centtech.com (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id hBJKdg6T007198; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:39:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <3FE36206.8050508@centtech.com> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:39:34 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damian Gerow References: <20031219165302.GA51410@ns2.wananchi.com> <20031219190055.GD85955@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <3FE3523D.7000701@centtech.com> <20031219194031.GN758@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <20031219194031.GN758@sentex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Managing Maildirs X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:39:45 -0000 Damian Gerow wrote: >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. > What about sendmail? Anyone using sendmail with it? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology All generalizations are false, including this one. ------------------------------------------------------------------