[clug] imap headache

[Michael Manning]

I have not actually migrated yet, but initial tests for mail box
conversion have shown that this little perl script seems to be OK and
converts to the 'dot folder' format you are looking for - might be worth
looking at??

http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/


On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 19:19, Andrew wrote:

> Hi All,
>          I recently setup a Exim 4 + Courier (IMAP + POP3) + MySQL mail 
> server, all works nicely except that I have to transfer some old 
> Sendmail + UW-IMAP accounts over (from mbox format).  I checked 
> freshmeat.net and found a few programs that could do mbox to maildir 
> conversion (and also direct account to account copying) -  however none 
> of them seem to put it in the "dot foldername" (".folder") that 
> courier-imap requires... even though that is apparently maildir format. 
>   Has anyone else gone through this experience or has any advice on how 
> to get around it?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>            Andrew.

Michael Manning
Red Hat Certified Engineer

Email: michael at catman.homelinux.org
Website: http://catman.homelinux.org/