dovecot - Jun 2007 - different configurations for individual user

Hi everyone,
  I am planning to upgrade my current uw-imap to dovecot. I am using Linux 
(Redhat EL 4). The main purpose is to use maildir instead of mbox.
  For some reason, I don't want to upgrade all users' mail boxes all at
a
time, but I want to change the imap server first (to dovecot), while keeping 
all mbox files, then convert them to maildir user by user (one user at a 
time). My question is:

Is it possible that dovecot can setup individual user's own configuration?
so
that some users can setup mail_location = mbox but others = maildir.


Thanks in advance
Joshua

On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 03:25 +0800, Joshua C.S. Chen
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>   I am planning to upgrade my current uw-imap to dovecot. I am using Linux 
> (Redhat EL 4). The main purpose is to use maildir instead of mbox.
>   For some reason, I don't want to upgrade all users' mail boxes
all at a
> time, but I want to change the imap server first (to dovecot), while
keeping
> all mbox files, then convert them to maildir user by user (one user at a 
> time). My question is:
> 
> Is it possible that dovecot can setup individual user's own
configuration? so
> that some users can setup mail_location = mbox but others = maildir.
a) Let Dovecot use autodetection for finding mailboxes. Might have
problems with new users, or if user wants to use mbox but has also
~/Maildir.

b) As long as you're not using passwd or static userdb, you can override
the mail location from userdb.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields

c) If all else fails, set MAIL environment manually.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostLoginScripting (but won't work with deliver
if you're planning on using it)

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