[MlMt] Preserving tags

[Angelo Machils]

Hello,

Just remember that dovecot is only part of the equation, you also need 
to configure stuff like postfix (or exim), spamassassin etc. On *nix, 
there is a package called iredmail that makes installing (and 
configuring) a lot easier. Perhaps you could also look at something like 
Zimbra, very easy to install and maintain and there are hosted versions 
out there. Zimbra supports tags, although I have no experience in how 
far they are compatible with mailmate. You could test with zmailcloud, 
this is one of the hosted Zimbra installs and they offer a free trail.

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Regards,

Angelo Machils

On 13 Feb 2018, at 9:11, Rick Holzgrafe wrote:

> You’re the second person to suggest running a local Dovecot server. 
> One of the bits of good news in all this was that I was looking 
> forward to letting experts worry about the server stuff. I’m not an 
> expert, and maintaining our own server has been a nightmare. So I’m 
> a bit allergic to the notion of continuing to run even a limited 
> server.
>
> But y’all are saying it’s “fairly simple”, and Fredrik Jonsson 
> has contributed a web page he wrote that explains how to do it in 
> detail. So thanks to you both, and I will definitely keep it in mind!
>
> On 12 Feb 2018, at 23:05, Bill Cole wrote:
>
>> On 12 Feb 2018, at 18:16, Rick Holzgrafe wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to preserve not just the mail, but also the tags 
>>> that we have applied in Mailmate? I have explored the Application 
>>> Support > Mailmate folder, but as far as I can tell the tag info is 
>>> not stored there, except for a handy list of all the tag names.
>>
>> The tags are stored on the server as IMAP "keywords" a.k.a. "flags."
>>
>> This is a standard part of the IMAP protocol, but support for 
>> user-defined keywords/flags is sparse. MacOS X Server uses Dovecot as 
>> its IMAP server and so supports an arbitrary collection of keywords. 
>> Many email service providers (e.g. Microsoft) have IMAP keyword 
>> support so limited that it might as well not exist. Others (e.g. 
>> Google) conflate flags/keywords and folder names, so massive 
>> weirdness can occur.
>>
>> BOTTOM LINE: You cannot count on a mailbox storage & access provider 
>> to support existing MailMate tags. If they use Dovecot, Cyrus, or 
>> Courier, you may be able to just drag messages across and let MM do 
>> the work. Otherwise? Who knows.
>>
>> POSSIBLE SOLUTION: It's fairly simple to yank the mailboxes out of 
>> the MacOS X Server mailstore and drop them into a MacPorts (or 
>> Homebrew or handmade) installation of Dovecot.
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