[Alpine-info] Maildir folder-collection

[Carlos E. R.]

On 2023-12-21 15:01, Paolo Andretta wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Dec 2023, Damion Yates wrote:

>> On Thursday 21 December 2023, Carlos E. R.  <> wrote:

>>       On 2023-12-20 14:58, Paolo Andretta wrote:

>>

>>             Hi all,

>>

>>             Migrated my old mail from a server using mailbox to a new 

>> one using Maidir (migrated by ImaSync).

>>             Alpine 2.21 to Alpine 2.25

>>             I can read the Inbox, but I can't manage all my folders 

>> and subfolders.

>>             ImapSync created in Maildir a hierarchy like:

>>

>>       If you used "ImapSync" for the migration, I assume you used an 

>> imap server on both machines. Or is it the same machine?

> 

> As I wrote, I have sync the mail to a new server (both use Dovecot, 

> different versions, but I think this isn't interesing).

>


Then, why are you trying to tell alpine to access the files directly, 
instead of using dovecot?

...


>> Even I actually use two versions of alpine, one that I compiled with 

>> the patch years ago and the latest that supports the new xoauth2 

>> authentication.  It's been on my to-do list for years to go around to 

>> the faf of fetching all the sources integrating the patch and building 

>> an alpine that supports both at the same time.  Also on my to-do list 

>> is to convince Eduardo Chappa to integrate the patch.

> 

> I personally prefer mbox over Maidir for historical reason and because I 

> am lazy and Maildir probably require me to revise all my old settings, 

> procmail rules, management scripts, ... but it is the de facto standard 

> for many configurations and it is better for backup/sync ...


Dovecot works fine with mbox.

I do not use Maildir.


...

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.

   (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))

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