Vreme: 11/02/2011 07:53 PM, Phoenix, Merka piše:
>>> I have a bunch of old mail spread variously across dovecot maildirs and mbox format files on several machines that are headed for the trash. Is there anything considered to be a portable archive format for mail messages, and if so are there tools to copy into it - or do I have to pick a client and copy to its local storage?<<
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>>> Les Mikesell
>>> lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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> The mbox format and mail messages in the dovecot maildirs can be copied as is to another server (or directory).
> The only thing that you don't need (or probably don't want) to copy would be the index files that live in the directory above the maildirs.
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> The index files are in the form: dovecot-* and dovecot.index* and usually live above the actual directory where the messages are stored. Also, most of the sub-folders have a leading '.' so would be "hidden" unless you use 'ls -la' to view the directory contents.
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There is simple script to convert maildir to mailbox format:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/a-script-to-convert-maildir-to-mailbox-format-381568/
and scripts to convert mailbox to maildir:
http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/
http://perfectmaildir.home-dn.net/
There are many more, but this ones come at the top of the google search.
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