knowledgebase/linux/mail/Postfix mbox to Maildir conversion 1 Contents {snip-tree:knowledgebase/linux/mail} 1 Postfix mbox to Maildir format conversion Often by default, postfix is configured to deliver email messages in mbox format. To convert mbox to Maildir 1. Edit /etc/postfix/main.cf and look for a line # "Maildir/" for qmail-style delivery (the / is required). home_mailbox = Maildir/ 2. if procmail is used by postfix to deliver locally change /etc/procmailrc add a line DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ 3. restart postfix 4. for new users to have Maildir/ after creation do mkdir -p /etc/skel/Maildir/new mkdir -p /etc/skel/Maildir/cur mkdir -p /etc/skel/Maildir/tmp 5. convert all existing users to Maildir format using an effect perl script from qmail.org download it at http://www.qmail.org/convert-and-create wget -c http://www.qmail.org/convert-and-create then run it sh convert-and-create Note: for dovecot no need to change anything, it will autodetect mail box formats, very cool. 2008-06-07 00:31:26.0 2008-03-07 10:05:05.0