Hello SniffMe, Thursday, November 11, 2004, 2:38:05 AM, you wrote:
S> One thing to consider before making the Imail -> MDaemon jump S> (or similar mailservers)�...� When I evaluated MDaemon, I noticed S> that messages are stored in individual .msg files inside the user's S> mailbox directory.� Imail stores the mail in a common mailbox.mbx S> file.� If your users store their mail on the server S> (webmail/imap/pop3 on server), you would have to migrate these S> messages over.��I've yet to see a utility built for parsing a S> mailbox.mbx file into multiple mail.txt files, though�I'm sure one S> could be made relatively easily in java/perl/whatever.� S> � S> I asked MDaemon support about possible import tools, and they S> suggested using a pop retrieval program on the individual S> mailboxes.� Unfortunately that solution falls short in a few areas S> for us. S> �1. For a large number of mailboxes, that can become time consuming.� S> �2.�It's limited to only being able to download a user's S> inbox.mbx, leaving their sent items, drafts, and other�imap folders S> behind. S> �3. MDaemon does not support direct mail to a user's submailbox S> (Imail's equivalent of a mailbox delimiter).� I was hoping that I S> could directly query [EMAIL PROTECTED] (which I can) and S> have Bob's Sent.mbx redirected automatically to a Sent folder on S> the MDaemon server ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).� No such luck. S> � S> Please understand that this was something that we anticipated S> would cause issues with�our migration.� All of this may be a S> nonissue for you if your users are emptying their mailboxes S> regularly.� This behavior was noted on General Download/Release S> 7.20.� I've got no clue what later/beta versions can or cannot do. S> � S> � S> Good luck! S> � S> John S> � S> � Try searching for a mbox to maildir conversion util for Unix/Linux. They are bound to exist. Imail uses the standard unix mbox file with their proprietary managemnet files (.uid, .srt, .idx). I had looked a long time ago and seem to remember having some luck. -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
