On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 09:55, Aaron Walker wrote:
> I just converted my home LAN imap server from redhat 9 to gentoo 
> (following my recent switch to gentoo as my desktop OS).  At first I 
> installed postfix, procmail, fetchmail, and uw-imap because that's what 
> I was using in redhat.  I am thinking about switching to courier-imap 
> though and I had a few questions.
> 
> What steps should I take to convert from my current setup to one using 
> courier-imap (besides emerge'ing courier-imap)?
> 
> Currently I am still using the default Mailbox mail box format in 
> /var/spool/mail (and all the subfolders I created in my mozilla client 
> were placed in my homedir).  Is there anyway I can convert these files 
> over to the maildir format or do I have to just start from sratch with 
> an empty inbox?

I recently switched to an all-courier MTA/IMAP/maildir system and I
really like it. It comes with a lot of really good tools. And a lot of
man pages to read! I previously had procmail dropping mail to mbox
formatted ~/mail/INBOX for pine. I converted my old mail thusly:

cat mail/INBOX | reformail -f0 -s maildrop

But first, of course, you should have your maildrop configuration all
set up to your liking.

HTH,
Keith

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