[Imap-uw] Mix mailbox format file size vs. mailutil

[Joel Reicher]

> I'm just upgrading from mbx to mix and testing this. From what I know 

> mix has a file size of about 1MByte where file size means that a new 

> file is generated when the limit is reached. I'm trying to convert the 

> mbx mailboxes using mailutil copy/move. But this seems to result in only 

> one big mix file > 66MByte. I would prefer to have about 66 files 

> instead, especially for improving (file based) backup performance.

> 

> I have some more mbx files, most of them are much bigger.

> 

> How can I convert to set of (around) 1Mbyte files in mix format?


http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2007-April/001278.html


> Additional question: Can the size value be adjusted (e.g. in 

> c-client.cf)?


src/osdep/unix/mix.c; look for the MIXDATAROLL #define.

mixcvt, mentioned in the thread linked to above, does not use c-client and
so has its own hardcoded value which you may want to change too.

Cheers,

	- Joel