From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 13:02:31 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 612B216A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:02:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlasta.net (wow.atlasta.net [12.129.13.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79BC943D46 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:02:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drais@wow.atlasta.net) Received: (qmail 77173 invoked by uid 1068); 19 Dec 2003 21:02:27 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Dec 2003 21:02:27 -0000 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:02:27 -0800 (PST) From: David Raistrick To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <3FE36206.8050508@centtech.com> Message-ID: References: <20031219165302.GA51410@ns2.wananchi.com> <3FE3523D.7000701@centtech.com> <20031219194031.GN758@sentex.net> <3FE36206.8050508@centtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: Damian Gerow 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 21:02:31 -0000 > >>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? Pine can be made to work with some itchy-scratchy patching. Takes some work. I have a precompiled tree for 4.50 that is patched, though. For elm you'll need to use some sort of wrapper, none of which work particularly well. Mutt supports maildirs natively without issue. > >The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to > >maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO. Painful, but not to bad. A few people have posted solutions to this over time. I've used a customly-hacked-with-an-axe solution locally but: http://www.gerg.ca/hacks/mb2md/ seems to have covered it using only two scripting languages. :) (my local version uses four...) --- david raistrick drais@atlasta.net http://www.expita.com/nomime.html