Huaikun Lin writes: > Hi Sam > > At 07:50 PM 9/22/2002 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>Huaikun Lin writes: >> >>>Hi >>>I am doing transfer mailboxes from "mailbox" format to "Maildir" format, >>>some POP/IMAP customers >>>email client set up "Leave messages on server". Some mailboxess are as >>>big as 80MB. >>>When I transfer them to "Maildir" format,how can I mark the "read" >>>messages as "read"? >> >>Append ":2,S" to the message's filename. > > I know that. > > >>>If I don't do that, the customers have to download the whole messages >>>(50~80MB) again,this will >>>cause big trouble. >>>Anyone has solution? >> >>Appending :2,S may not be the complete solution. Message UIDs will also >>change, and some clients may use that as an excuse to re-download the mail >>anyway. You'll definitely need to test your client software to verify. > I tested that didn't work. > > Email clients will re-download everything. > > I tested Eudora,Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook. If I set up leave > message on server using Eudora and > read all messages, when I used Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook,they > still re-download everything treat all > messages un-read.
You will then need to obtain the folder UID and message UIDs of your existing mail, then arrange to set the same for the mail in the maildirs. This is a small project of moderate complexity. It's not complicated, but will require non-trivial amounts of scripting and programming. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
