Hi Sam At 10:58 PM 9/23/2002 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >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.
I can see the message IDs for the mail in the existing mailbox. But I don't know what is the folder UID? How to get them? Lin ------------------------------------------------------- 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
