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How to convert mbox files to Maildir manually
The mb2md script is a simple way to convert any mbox files over to Maildir.
First download the script from
http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md, eg
wget http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/mb2md-3.20.pl.gz
gunzip mb2md-3.20.pl.gz
mv mb2md-3.20.pl mb2md
chmod 755 mb2md
For simpliciy, we've renamed the script to mb2md.
Once setup, you can then convert the account.
Here is a sample for converting virtual pop acounts
./mb2md -s /var/spool/virtual/domain.com/user -R -d /home/username/imap/domain.com/user/Maildir
cd /home/username/imap/domain.com/user/Maildir/cur
chown username:mail *
chmod 660 *
To convert the main system account:
./mb2md -s /var/spool/mail/username -R -d /home/username/Maildir
cd /home/username/Maildir/cur
chown username:mail *
chmod 660 *
The same method can be used to convert the mbox imap folders as well, eg:
./mb2md -s /home/username/imap/domain.com/user/mail -R -d /home/username/imap/domain.com/user/Maildir
More info here:
Maildir conversion thread. Includes a shell script to do this automatically for all users (posted by
diradmin).
The Dovecot installation guide for DA with the automatic DA convertor can be found here:
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=590
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