On Friday 29 June 2001 04:31, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> On 29 Jun 2001 00:05:43 +0200, icognitoneutraldomain.org
<icognitoneutraldomain.org> wrote:
> > I have been running postfix for a few months now and have been
> > using mbox for users' mailboxes, I would like to change over to Maildir,
> > with as little downtime as possible. I have found programs to convert a
> > user's mbox to Maildir format, but am a little nervous about the right
> > procedure for this one. Has anyone else done this and had good success,
> > by which i mean, minimal loss of uptime and happiness with the userbase?
> > Any helpful thoughts appreciated. --gabe
>
> Done that here. The trick is this:
>
> * Change local delivery to Maildir
> Users will be able to read their NEW incoming mail only
>
> * Then convert all old mboxes to Maildir format
> Now users will be able to read all their mail, old and new.
>
> That's all. No downtime.

What if one or more of the users likes procmail. Will the
change of local deliver to Maildir affect that processing?

Alex Miller
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