X-Status processing for reconstruct

[Rob Siemborski]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Diego Rivera wrote:

> Would it be feasible/acceptable to add a '--status' (-S?) flag to
> reconstruct for such occasions?  That way, reconstruct could check the
> X-Status header and set the appropriate bits in the index/cache
> databases when "recovering" a migrated mailbox.
>
> Opinions?  Is there a better/cleaner way of doing this?  I'm talking
> about bulk migrations, not user-to-user via IMAP (I know it could be
> done this way, but this has a lot of limitations when it comes to
> migrating large numbers of mailboxes and users).
>
> I'd be willing to contribute with this functionality.  Perhaps
> Cyrus-IMAP 2.2 already incorporates a migration mechanism?

No, it doesn't.  I'd be willing to look at a patch that did this (as long
as it was option-controlled).

-Rob

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