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| author | Sam Varshavchik | 2018-07-18 08:26:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Sam Varshavchik | 2018-07-18 08:26:11 -0400 |
| commit | 84cf8c50f593201f9e35dedb5804f5be7dbcce34 (patch) | |
| tree | 85a9c146844919eb0bba86e74521b6fdbe524871 /maildir | |
| parent | e4f98ec36e9e4f6bec532a3b0b93bef6bbd6374a (diff) | |
| download | courier-libs-84cf8c50f593201f9e35dedb5804f5be7dbcce34.tar.bz2 | |
Update documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'maildir')
| -rw-r--r-- | maildir/maildirmake.sgml | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/maildir/maildirmake.sgml b/maildir/maildirmake.sgml index 6ad9aaa..053ee73 100644 --- a/maildir/maildirmake.sgml +++ b/maildir/maildirmake.sgml @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Updating /home/mrsam/.mailfilter</programlisting> <note> <para> - Any manual work is only needed if maildirs have folders with + All this work is only needed if maildirs have folders with non-English names. Ignore everything you've just read if all folder names are English-only. <option>--checkutf8</option> and @@ -467,11 +467,22 @@ Updating /home/mrsam/.mailfilter</programlisting> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> - Write a shell script to run <option>--checkutf8</option> on - all your mailboxes. It's ok to explicitly specify each mailbox's + A shell script needs to run the <option>--checkutf8</option> + option for every mailbox. A list of each account's maildir + needs to be prepared in advance, together with the corresponding + <filename>.mailfilter</filename> (where appropriate). + courier-authlib's <command>authenumerate</command> command is usually + a good starting point. + It's ok to explicitly specify each mailbox's <filename>.mailfilter</filename>, when using <application>SqWebMail</application> even if a particular mailbox does not use it. It will be ignored. + The list of all accounts' maildirs gets converted to a shell + script that runs <command>maildirmake</command> with the + <option>--checkutf8</option> option. The script should report + any maildir whose <option>--checkutf8</option> option reports + an error, and + <command>maildirmake</command> exits with a non-zero status. </para> <para> @@ -559,7 +570,7 @@ Updating /home/mrsam/.mailfilter</programlisting> <para> Encountering a bad folder during conversion strongly suggests the - usage of an IMAP client that does not correctly encode non-English + presence of an IMAP client that does not correctly encode non-English folder names. Such an IMAP client will likely have problems after the conversion. </para> |