From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: paul niemandt Subject: Re: switching to mbx problems Date: 05 Jun 2003 01:21:03 +0100 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1054772463.950.42.camel@quark> References: <20030604131623.GA24291@fede2.tumsan.fi> <20030604133537.GA24444@fede2.tumsan.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030604133537.GA24444@fede2.tumsan.fi> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org two words of advice ... 1. maildir 2. qmail On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:35, urgrue wrote: > and continuing on this topic, am i correct in understanding that > maildir format works in procmail, but is only supported by courier imap? > > (can't they all just get together and agree on a good, efficient > mailbox format?? its almost embarassing that MICROSOFT EXCHANGE seems > to have the best mailbox format. oh, the HUMILIATION!) > > > > > On 2003.06.04 16:16, urgrue wrote: > > im wanting to switch my mailboxes over from generic crappy unix format > > > > to mbx. > > ive compiled a newer imap and pop daemon, and converted some test > > boxes > > over to mbx. i can successfully read from them. > > > > but then they break. i figure that when new mail gets delivered, my > > procmail is just writing to the mailbox as if it was the same old unix > > > > format, which creates a hybrid starts-out-as-mbx-ends-as-unix mailbox. > > > > which nobody can read. > > > > procmail doesnt seem to be mbx aware, yet ive seen claims that mbx is > > the current preferred mailbox format. > > can i get procmail to handle mbx? if not, any suggestions? > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > > admin" > > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- paul niemandt