Configuration primer for a Migration from UW
IMAP with pine, Thunderbird and squirrelmail as client. For compatibility
the mbox format is used.
A description for pine with imap acces without entering any password is
also discussed. Please use dovecot 1.0beta1 or later for correct handling
with pine.
Short overview of Mail folders:
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| Used | elm | pine | Thunderbird | squirrelmail | UW imapd | dovecot |
Base directoy | ~/Mail | ~/Mail | ~/mail | as configured | mail | | |
Sent Folder | ~/Mail/sent | ~/Mail/sent | ~/mail/sent-mail | Sent | Sent | | |
Trash Folder | ~/Mail/Trash | | - | Trash | Trash | | |
Drafts Folder | ~/Mail/Drafts | | saved-messages | Drafts | Drafts | | |
Templates | ~/Mail/Templates | | | Templates | | | |
Unsent Folder | wie Thunderbird | | | Local Folders/Unsent Messages | | | |
Postponed | | | postponed-msgs | | | | |
Canceled Mail | | ~/Canceled.mail | ~/dead.letter | | | | |
Personal namespace | | | | | | | |
Public namespace | | | | | | #news | |
Other Users | | | | | | | |
pine setup:
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SETUP(S)/collectionLists(L)/Mail
Just add the following to Server:
localhost/notls
Before:
Nickname : Mail
Server :
Path : Mail/
View :
After:
Nickname : Mail
Server : localhost/notls
Path : Mail/
View :
In ~/.pinerc modify the following configuration parameters:
mail-check-interval=15
rsh-open-timeout=30000
rsh-path=
rsh-command=/usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap
# For large Mailboxes
tcp-read-warning-timeout=180
For details have a look at:
http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/ssh/ch11_03.htm
http://www.cs.unc.edu/cgi-bin/howto?howto=pine-imap
http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/
http://www.umanitoba.ca/acn/docs/pine/pine-imap.html
Migration from UW Imapd to dovecot:
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Disable UW Imapd in xinetd
http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration
Migrate Mailboxes:
http://wiki.dovecot.org/uw2dovecot.sh
or
cd $USER
cp .mailboxlist .subscriptions
dovecot configuration:
Config (/etc/dovecot.conf):
UW Imapd compatible
protocols = imaps
default_mail_env = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_full_filesystem_access = yes
mbox_read_locks = fcntl
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
mbox_lazy_writes=no
Self signed Certificate for SSL:
cd /etc/pki/dovecot/private
openssl genrsa -out dovecot.pem 2048
openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 3650 -key dovecot.pem >../dovecot.pem
Enter the data for the certificate
http://sial.org/howto/openssl/self-signed/
dovecot debugging:
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Config (/etc/dovecot.conf):
#GW:
mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
Directory ~/dovecot.rawlog must exist and the input/output will be logged
there
For ethereal debugging use the following dovecot configuration:
Sniffing:
#GW:
protocols = imap imaps
#GW:
disable_plaintext_auth = no
maildir/mbox documentation:
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http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=fw&db=man&fname=/usr/freeware/catman/u_man/cat5/mbox.Z
http://people.redhat.com/rkeech/maildir-migration.txt
squirrelmail:
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$use_imap_tls = true;
$imapPort = 993;
$imap_server_type ='dovecot';
$optional_delimiter = 'detect';
$force_username_lowercase = true;
$default_folder_prefix = '~/Mail/';
$sent_folder = 'sent';
$show_prefix_option = false;
$show_contain_subfolders_option = false;
Thunderbird Plugins
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With imap Folder the Xpunge plugin is very usefull to have consitent
mailboxes.
Xpunge
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=thunderbird&category=Top%20Rated&numpg=10&id=1279
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~tegos/mozilla/tb/
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