Installation :
install debian packages
- exim4
- bincimap-run
- cvm
- mb2md
Note: if you upgrading from
uw-imap and might have mbx mailboxes (rather than the standard mbox),
you should make a copy of /usr/bin/mbxcvt (so it doesnt get removed
when you un-install uw-imap
exim modifications:
/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf add the line:
dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'
This forces the autogenerated exim config to use maildir in ~/Maildir
Other exim4 configurations may require changing
/etc/exim4/conf.d/main/01_exim4-config_listmacrosdefs
LOCAL_DELIVER=maildir_home
bincimap modifications:
This is for standard unix authentication (which is not what the default install provides.)
/var/service/bincimaps/run
change
exec tcpsvd -v -c100 -C14 -l0 0 993 \
bincimap-up --logtype=multilog --conf=/etc/bincimap/bincimap.conf --ssl -- \
/usr/bin/chkpasswd /usr/sbin/bincimapd
to
exec tcpsvd -v -c100 -C14 -l0 0 993 \
bincimap-up --logtype=multilog --conf=/etc/bincimap/bincimap.conf --ssl -- \
/usr/bin/cvm-checkpassword cvm-unix /usr/sbin/bincimapd
Restart the service with
/etc/init.d/inetd restart
Migrating mailboxes:
The USAGE.gz in /usr/share/doc/mb2md is very good here..
Converting the users inbox. (if in /var/spool/mail/[user]
su [user] -c "mb2md -m"
Converting the users inbox. (if in /home/[user]/mbox
su [user] -c "export MAIL=~/mbox; mb2md -m"
Typical outlook user with "Sent" folder in home directory.
su - [user] -c "mb2md -s Sent -d Maildir/.Sent"
note the extra '-' so that su goes to the right directory
And they managed to set up a folder with their mail in "
mymail"
su - [user] -c "mb2md -s mymail -R"
(the -R recursively goes down the folders)
Gotcha's
mbx:
I converted some of my mailboxes to mbx
a while back, mb2md skips these and you end up with empty folders when
converting.
thunderbird:
The thunderbird status flags (eg. important/todo) got striped by mb2md - not sure if those could be preserved.
I've not worked out how to enter folder names with dot's into thunderbird yet.
.mbox filenames
I converted alot of old outlook files before to mbox, and gave some a
mbox extension, these will need stripping with "-r mbox" when doing the
mb2md conversion.
no shell account
most of the users did not have shell acounts - I temporarily had to
give them a shell while converting, otherwise the su stuff above doesnt
work.
