From: daniel@wagner-home.com (Daniel Wagner)
Subject: [sup-talk] migrating email to a new computer
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:50:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1227135030-sup-401@buckwheat> (raw)
Hey all, I've got a quick question about how sup handles Maildir. I'm
going to be migrating to a new machine soon, and I've got a couple of
questions about it.
1. My mail is spread out in hundreds of Maildir directories, most of
them "legacy" directories that I want to merge as I migrate. Can I
do this by just copying the mail files from the various "new" and
"cur" directories to a central "cur" directory? I know that Maildir
uses unique names, so this shouldn't clobber any messages, but I
haven't seen any information on whether this could cause other kinds
of problems.
2. A more sup-related question: what things do I need to copy to migrate
my labels, read/archived/starred status information, etc? I
definitely want to maintain as much of my mail's metadata as I can.
I guess this probably interacts with the previous question, too; in
the end, I would much prefer to keep my metadata than to merge
Maildir directories if they are mutually exclusive.
3. I'm assuming I won't lose anything if I update sup.
I think this topic deserves a wiki page, so I'll write up a summary of
any advice I get as well as how my experience goes for future posterity.
Thanks!
~d
next reply other threads:[~2008-11-19 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-19 22:50 Daniel Wagner [this message]
2008-11-27 0:05 ` William Morgan
2008-12-08 5:14 ` Daniel Wagner
2008-12-08 5:33 ` Mr.
2008-12-12 1:31 ` William Morgan
2008-11-28 2:25 ` Daniel Wagner
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