>On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Alexei Yu. Batyr' <le...@pcmag.ru> wrote: >> Why not just copy these messages to some IMAP subfolder of new account's >> Maildir?
On 08.08.14 12:06, Lisa Muir wrote: >That approach makes sense where the same user exists on the new system, but >is a hit and miss approach for scenarios where a user has left. As a >sysadmin, I just want a one hig approach to get the job done rather than >get engaged in a process where people mull over the appropriate nature of >someone in particular having access to someone else's old email. it those users left, who do you expect to read the e-mail? If they are still alive, why shouldn't you move ther mail to new mailboxes? >It also makes sense for me to think about this as someone who has been >encouraging all users to use IMAP for the past 14 years, we've got some >imap accounts that are huge, say 20+gb.... enough of them causes a problem, >and perhaps an IMAP server isn't the best or most appropriate place to hold >14 year old email, there must come a time where it goes into archives >somewhere and I don't think a MUA is the appropriate place for that, but >some searchable repository is. Moving e-mails to compressed mbox-style folders and giving users possibility to read it is a good idea. Unfortunately courier does only support maildirs... OTOH, it should be their problem to keep their mailbox clean... -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
