-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/02/08 10:22, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:45:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >>> There are other mailbox formats, most notably Maildir, which store each >>> message in a separate file. If the system drops while a file is being >>> written and that file's data is lost, then you only lose one message >>> instead of the whole mailbox. >> That's exactly what I meant > > OK. With stock Debian's exim4 and mutt, how do I switch from mbox to > maildir?
I use postfix, and the only modification to it's main.cf is: home_mailbox = Maildir/ Regarding conversion: Google for "mb2md.pl", which, as it's name implies, is a Perl script to convert from mbox to Maildir. Maildir directories are created with maildirmake(1). You could also "cheat" and use a GUI MUA to drag the mails from mbox to IMAP. Also, I use courier-imap to access the Maildirs, so my .muttrc looks like: $ grep imap .muttrc set imap_user=me set spoolfile=imap://haggis/INBOX set folder=imap://haggis/INBOX. set record=imap://haggis/INBOX/Sent > I assume that once I do, the user's interaction with the mail > from within Mutt will look the same? I don't see why not... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHpNYxS9HxQb37XmcRAo+xAKDtCERwgS6dq0OwTYGN4sU2smbqiACdHh6V PtPuo6NA5sZ1li0BXrNNoPg= =Vtj4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
