Jorey Bump <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is one area migration tools failed me, as well. None of them were > able to automatically create the mailbox that corresponds to the > *directory* that held mbox files, even via IMAP. They were able to > preserve the structure, however. But analyzing the old file structure is not difficult to script. "find" gives a nice list. "if (-z $file || -d $file)", just create a Cyrus mailbox but skip the message moving tool. Detail will vary depending how the old mail was structured. We had to grab /var/spool/mail/user, ~user/mbox, and ~user/mail/* which might be common in U Wash for example. It might have been cool to test the first five characters in ~user/* for "From " to catch stray files not in the mail directory. You're right, it's amazing how many users have only inbox and sent and trash folders (of varying names). Joseph Brennan Lead Email Systems Engineer Columbia University Information Technology ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
