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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 09:51:24 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 09:51:24 +0000 |
commit | f7548d6d28c313cf80e6f3ef89aed16a19815df1 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1.upstream/1%2.3.19.1+dfsg1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/wiki/Migration.Vm-pop3d.txt b/doc/wiki/Migration.Vm-pop3d.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..550eafc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/Migration.Vm-pop3d.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Vm-pop3d +======== + +*WARNING: Badly done migration will cause your IMAP and/or POP3 clients to +re-download all mails. Read <Migration.txt> page first carefully.* + +Vm-pop3d uses the Message-ID: header data for UIDL, Dovecot does not support +this as it is not unique enough. The following Perl script will take the +Message-ID: data from all mails in a mbox and put the data into the X-UIDL: +header which Dovecot can use with the 'pop3_reuse_xuidl' setting: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +#!/usr/bin/env perl +use Email::Simple; +my @totalmail=<STDIN>; +my $mail = join("",@totalmail); +my $email = Email::Simple->new($mail); +my $msg_id = $email->header("Message-Id"); +$msg_id =~ s#<##g; +$msg_id =~ s#>##g; +$email->header_set("X-UIDL", $msg_id); +print $email->as_string; +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Requires email::simple, though the default setting in email::simple is to wrap +headers at 77 characters, which then causes problems when Outlook clients issue +UIDL, the workaround for this is to edit the Perl module, on Debian Etch this +involves editing '/usr/share/perl5/Email/Simple.pm', find "sub _fold" and +change {0,77} to a suitably higher value. On more recent versions of +email::simple, you may need to edit 'Headers.pm' instead, with the line to look +for being "_default_fold_at" + +You then run the script like so: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +formail -q- -s perl script.pl < inbox > newinbox +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +When Dovecot now looks at newinbox, it will use the X-UIDL: header and clients +will not redownload mail. + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |