[BlueOnyx:03744] Re: Changing procmail from mbox to Maildir

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Menno,

> Can anyone tell me if BlueOnyx will have problems if I change procmail,
> dovecot and squirrelmail configs to use Maildir?

That's indeed a bit problematic. Sure, you can edit /etc/procmailrc to switch 
it from mbox to maildir and then run a conversion script to convert existing 
mailboxed from mbox to maildir. 

But then the problems start:

You'd need to update the Dovecot and the Squirrelmail config. Additionally 
third party software may expect mbox instead of maildir and will then also 
either require changes, or won't work. Like the Solarspeed OpenWebmail, 
RoundCube and the AV-SPAM, which all expect mbox instead of maildir.

Additionally: If you change it manually, then the change *will* revert back 
whenever certain modules of BlueOnyx are updated. For example: Right now there 
is an update to the modules base-blueonyx and base-email in the works. Both of 
them will revert the system back to mbox, which we see as default.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber