Re: [Evolution] Maildir format - best solution for Procmail/Mutt/Evolution transparent use?

[Jules Bean <jules jellybean co uk>]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:22:06AM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I saw a suggestion from November by Not Zed <notzed ximian com> 
> suggesting the use of maildir format for allowing these applications 
> (procmail, mutt and evolution) to work together implying they would
> work together in a relatively transparent manner.  I would like some 
> feedback regarding others' experiences in doing this and any other 
> tips that I might need.

I believe the main advantages to maildir are speed.  The maildir
format is *much* faster than mbox for big mailboxes. I'm thinking of
switching over for that reason (I IMAP to my mail-server, a feeble
200Mhz machine, and it is slow answering STATUS requests).

> Specifically in approaching this conversion, I am using mbox files in 
> my ~/Mail/ and lots of Procmail recipies doing their job quite well.  
> I don't know what the best tool would be to convert mbox messages to 
> maildir format messages.

I'd love a good answer to that question.  It's the major reason I
haven't already switched.  My brief look around discovered a few
hacked-together tools, but nothing which filled me with confidence.

Jules