> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam Tauno Williams
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:52
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Converting to maildir
>
> On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 20:17 -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > Looking for a guide on converting to Maildir.
> > Here are our relevant specs.
> > sendmail-8.12.11-4.RHEL3.6 (we may not be able to upgrade
> this due to
> > too many
> > modifications)
> > imap-2002d-14
> > procmail-3.22-10.el3.centos.0
> > To a maildir setup...
> > <rant>
> > I was in a panic today at work because the backup server is
> filling up
> > too quickly, backing up peoples email. Further it is not backing up
> > often enough. I just lost all of today's email. I hate mbox
> and imap and outlook...
> > </rant>
> > All the maildir stuff I can find is postfix oriented.
>
> Because sendmail is rapidly fading into history?
There are too many modifications to abandon it right now. Besides it is stable
as a rock.
>
> > From what I can read in
> > procmail man pages, it supports maildir and sendmail uses
> procmail as
> > the LDA, hence sendmail "supports" it.
>
> There are numerous IMAP servers that support maildir, and
> scripts to import MBOX files - that is how I would approach
> it. [But then I wouldn't use Maildir; I mean, really, who
> cares what format your messages are in - use IMAP and network
The backup server. As one file per mailbox, the backup server is backing up over
25G/hour. These files are not subject to de-duplication. With one message per
file only the new messages would get added to the backup size.
What would you use besides Maildir?
> access your message store. Cyrus IMAPd will index and filter
> all your messages for you].
>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
--
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- -
- Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us -
- Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 -
- +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 -
- -
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
