Hi all,
I'm running procmail on my ISP's mail server to filter incoming mail
into several IMAP folders. I have noticed that the IMAP folders are
stored as traditional mbox files, except there is a special message
first (with subject "IMAP4 Server Data-DO NOT DELETE"). So I have been
storing messages by just using a simple rule like this:
:0:
* <some filtering rule>
$HOME/Mail/<some mailbox>
which will just append the message to the mailbox file.
But I'm suspecting this is unsafe - what if the server is maintaining
some other data structure apart from the mailbox, which will not be
updated when I do this operation? Also this assumes procmail and the
IMAP server uses the same file locking mechanism. Should I be using some
simple command line IMAP client to do the filing instead? If so, any
suggestions?
I'm asking this now because I'm having sever problems with *lost
messages* when using Mozilla with Junk Control as mail client. Since
noone else has reported a similar problem I assume it must be something
specifc with my situation, perhaps corrupted IMAP folders. Also, I have
used Gnus and Outlook, and both complains on bad UID numbers.
The IMAP server responds with:
* OK bele.abc.se Solstice (tm) Internet Mail Server (tm) IMAP4 service @
2.0 - at Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:53:46 +0100 (MET)
--
Johan
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