Re: [Nmh-workers] mh access via imap (and mhaildirsync 0.2)

[Paul Fox]

joel wrote:
 > I have some users who would like to be able to use a webmail client (e.g.,
 > SquirrelMail) when they can't log in to read their mail with nmh. Webmail
 > clients tend to use IMAP servers for storage. I don't know of any way to
 > configure nmh to use an IMAP server for storage (nor do I really want that),
 > nor do I know of any webmail clients which use MH directories for storage.
 > 
 > One way to solve this would be to have an IMAP server which uses the user's
 > Mail/ for storage. Has anyone here faced this problem before? Does such a
 > beast already exist?

chris garrigues posted his "mhaildirsync" script here some time
ago.  i've played with it a few times, but imap access has never
reached the level of "must have" for me, so i've never finished
implementing it in my mail flow.

essentially what mhaildirsync does is periodically (frequently)
sync a hard-linked tree between an mh datastore (the primary
store) to a Maildir store (which can be served by imap).

chris initially published version 0.1, but sent me a second
version privately when i expressed interest.  i'll attach that
version below, but chris may have a more recent version.

paul

chris' words:
 > Date:    Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:13:25 CDT
 > To:      address@hidden
 > From:    Chris Garrigues <address@hidden>
 > Subject: [Nmh-workers] mhaildirsync 0.1
 > 
 > I have recently written a Perl script to synchronize my MH
 > hierarchy with a Maildir++.  since MH and Maildir++ both keep
 > messages in separate files, this could be implemented entirely
 > using hard links so it takes little hard drive space and runs
 > quickly (for a Perl script).  A message can be added to or
 > removed from any folder in either hierarchy and the change
 > will be propagated to the other hierarchy.  Maildir flags are
 > mapped into a subset of MH sequences.
 > 
 > I am an exmh user and every time I've tried to move away from
 > it, I've become frustrated with the poor job other MUAs do
 > handling a mail hierarchy as complex as mine.  On the other
 > hand, the ability to occasionally access my email from a fully
 > MIME-savvy mail reader on either my PC or my Mac can be very
 > useful.
 > 
 > This script allows me to go back and forth between MH and IMAP
 > environments with ease.  I couldn't get an MH-based IMAP
 > server to work, so I did this instead.  Besides, my other
 > users are using a courier-imap and I didn't really want to run
 > another IMAP server on a funny port just for me.
 > 
 > I run this on my mail server every 2 minutes with cron.


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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 75.0 degrees)

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