On 5/25/10 9:16 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:10 +0930, Tim wrote: > >> On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 14:38 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> Just import the mbox file into any IMAP client (Thunderbird, >>> Evolution, Claws, whatever ...) >>> >> I've tried this with fairly large spool files, on Evolution (painfully >> slow, and needs doing in chunks - select a month's mail, drag and drop >> it between folders), and Thunderbird (eventually fails part way through, >> even in chunks, with no clue as to how far along it got). So I'd like >> to find a good tool for doing this, too. >> > I took the liberty of asking our mail admin about this, since I know > we've done it in the past. This is his answer: > > I wrote a very Cyrus-specific Perl script (which runs on > the mailstore server) that parsed an mbox file, split it into > individual messages, and handed them to Cyrus for storage. And > yes, it takes many hours (on a fast machine with fast disks) and > some babysitting. > > If he's not using Cyrus, or doesn't have access to the server, > tough luck... :-/ > > I'm sure he wouldn't mind sharing the script if you're interested, but > it is specific to Cyrus. > > poc > > Ok, just to be clear... does it resubmit the messages via IMAP for delivery? Because if it does, it can't be *that* Cyrus-specific... I mean yes, it can embed flags into the message that are only specific to Cyrus would take some rewriting, but I can do that... So yes, please, share the code if you can. If I come up with any Dovecot fixes for it, I'll send them back to you. -Philip -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
