Managing Maildirs

[Eric Anderson]

Damian Gerow wrote:

>Thus spake Eric Anderson (anderson at centtech.com) [19/12/03 14:33]:
>  
>
>>>Number one above will do the trick and is far more efficient than using the
>>>``find ...-exec'', although you might want to modify it to only nuke mail
>>>over a certain age.  To nuke all trash over 30 days old:
>>>
>>>	find /home/*/Maildir/.Trash -type f -mtime +30 | xargs rm
>>>      
>>>
>>On a totally unrelated note,  I'm thinking about switching from mbox 
>>formatted mailboxes using imap, to a more robust and faster imap server 
>>that uses maildirs.  My problem is, I have pop users, imap users, and 
>>elm/mutt/pine users on the same box.  Does elm/mutt/pine work ok with 
>>maildirs?  What about sendmail?  What should I be looking out for?
>>    
>>
>
>Oddly enough, we were just discussing a similar thing yesterday, but decided
>against it.
>
>I am currently using mutt with mh-style directories on my local machine,
>without difficulties.  And if it /does/ cause difficulties, just IMAP to
>localhost.  Mutt and IMAP seem to play nicely together, I've been using it
>with cyrus for about a year now, with no issues (aside from configuration
>issues).
>
>The hard part will be converting your current mbox-style mailboxes over to
>maildir-style mailboxes, IMHO.
>

What about sendmail?  Anyone using sendmail with it?

Eric

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