On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Luca Berra wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:32:43PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > >Another issue is that there are some scripts (cpmsg, > >bsd2cyrus,folderxfer,batchreconstruct,inboxfer) in Simon Matter's > >cyrus-imapd for converting from mbox (ie UW-IMAP) format, which you > >don't have. Since we need to convert from mbox anyway, I would like to > >add this. Any objection? Should I make a subpackage (they seem to depend > >on formail, thus will depend on procmail, which would be a bit of a > >waste ;-)). > > > last time i checked those they mostly sucked, i modified a decent > bsd2cyrus version i found on the net for a customer once (and used it > to convert some hundreds users with success), but i lost that version > (if i ever find it i will post it).
No problem, we have fixed them up, and run some tests. All conversion works great now, after fixing it so the entire folder structure is retained. 600MB of mail gets converted in about 10 minutes on a Dell 1600SC/2GHz/512MB/4*120GB IDE hardware RAID. > the big fat warning is: you must change the timestamp of the message > file to match the time of the envelope which is lost when converting to > cyrus format else you will find a lot of angry users knocking at your > door after the conversion. > Would you like to say why? The only issue I have seen is that the flags weren't retained (read/replied etc). > Btw. i'd just put them in as documentation. Well, it doesn't matter how thy go in, all that matters is that they work without any hacking. It's ridiculous if anyone migrating has to spend more than a man-day trying different migratio methods! Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
