Where is converted email?

nicknn

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Hello

i have converted a server form vm-pop3d to dovecot

Many customers had large mail accounts, 500MB, 1.2 GB etc

I show during the conversion that this mailboxes have been converted successfully.

But i cant locate the converted emails

They are not in /home/user/Maildir, or /home/user/imap

A customer with 1.2 gb mailbox consumes 600 mb space in /home/user directory
and 4 gb total space.
The total consumed space doublet up after the conversion, but is not in the /home partition.

So is converted email somewhere else?

Are old mbox mailboxes converted to Maildir and may small files, or remain one large file?
 
You didn't write how you did the conversion. The DirectAdmin conversion (which we've done many times) makes new email subdirectories in /home/USER/Maildir for the username email address, and in /home/USER/imap/DOMAIN.NAME/VIRTUAL.EMAIL.NAME for virtual email boxes.

It does NOT delete the old email; I recommend you leave it for at least a few days, and then remove it.

Jeff
 
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