How to move mail from /var/mail into imap

[Andrew Morgan]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Caleb Walker wrote:

> Caleb Walker wrote:
>
>> My server uses procmail to process mail through spamassassin and then
>> into the users mailbox.  In Debian I have found that for deliver
>> (cyrdeliver) to work I have to set the sticky bit.  I did an update
>> recently and it removed the sticky bit on cyrdeliver and therefore mail
>> began to be delivered to /var/mail.  Procmail also removes the From line
>> because cyrus doesnt seem to like that.  Now mail is in /var/mail
>> without the From line and I cannot seem to get the mail from /var/mail
>> back into the Cyrus database because every program I try to use doesnt
>> see the mail in that file as actual mail due to the missing From line.
>> What can I do to get the mail into the users mailboxes?
>> I have tried to set up pop access to it, it sees it as messed up mail.
>> I tried to use mutt to see the mail in it.  It sees it is screwed up
>> mail.  I tried to use formail to readd the From but it only does it on
>> the top line and not each message in the file.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Caleb
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>>
>>
>>
> I have asked a handful of questions and most, if not all of the time, I
> do not get a response.  Is it because I ask in a rude way?  Do I not
> provide enough info?  Are my questions about things that are impossible
> or too difficult?

Or we're just lazy sometimes.  ;)

You can probably use the uw-imap -> cyrus migration scripts I wrote to 
handle this problem.  They use a combination of formail and some perl to 
get it right.  Check it out on the cyrus wiki at:

   http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Cyrus/MboxCyrusMigration

You'll need to take a close look at those to make sure you don't overwrite 
existing cyrus messages.  The scripts assuming they can start numbering at 
1.

 	Andy