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| 1. At the time of this writing, mails are stored on a machine called lipari 2. The home directoy on this machine is private (not the one shared via nfs on most other machines) 3. The format is mbox: one file per folder, each mail starting with "From " (without the quotes) 4. The INBOX is called .mail and is stored in the home directory 5. The imap folders are in a subdirectory called imap (this can be configured in Thunderbird) |
1. At the time of this writing, mails are stored on a machine called ''lipari'' 2. The home directoy on this machine is private (not the one shared via nfs on most other machines) 3. The format is mbox: one file per folder, each mail starting with "From " (without the quotes) 4. The ''INBOX'' is called ''.mail'' and is stored in the home directory 5. The imap folders are in a subdirectory called ''imap'' (this can be configured in Thunderbird) |
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| 1. For folders != INBOX and not currently used, you can just copy/move the respective files on lipari 2. When moving folders, after the previous step: unsubscribe from the old folder and subscribe to the new one 3. It's probably best to close Thunderbird while doing this, but I don't think it's necessary 4. For bulk moves from INBOX (.mail), manually create a lock file ''.mail.lock'' in the director of the ''.mail'' file: during that time, no other process should be able to deliver mail (append) to the file |
1. For folders != INBOX and not currently used, you can just copy/move the respective files on lipari 2. When moving folders, after the previous step: unsubscribe from the old folder and subscribe to the new one 3. It's probably best to close Thunderbird while doing this, but I don't think it's necessary 4. For bulk moves from ''INBOX (.mail)'', manually create a lock file ''.mail.lock'' in the director of the ''.mail'' file: during that time, no other process should be able to deliver mail (append) to the file |
Tricks + things to know when copying/moving large number of mails in Thunderbird
Storage format and location
At the time of this writing, mails are stored on a machine called lipari
- The home directoy on this machine is private (not the one shared via nfs on most other machines)
- The format is mbox: one file per folder, each mail starting with "From " (without the quotes)
The INBOX is called .mail and is stored in the home directory
The imap folders are in a subdirectory called imap (this can be configured in Thunderbird)
Tricks
- For folders != INBOX and not currently used, you can just copy/move the respective files on lipari
- When moving folders, after the previous step: unsubscribe from the old folder and subscribe to the new one
- It's probably best to close Thunderbird while doing this, but I don't think it's necessary
For bulk moves from INBOX (.mail), manually create a lock file .mail.lock in the director of the .mail file: during that time, no other process should be able to deliver mail (append) to the file