Sendmail inbox file splitting

ebel.velda · 11-14-2012, 03:04 AM

Dear all,
I have RHEL 4U5 (old, I know, but it works), and on it Sendmail-8.13.1-3.2.el4 .
File size limit (on OS level) is 2G, so when someone's /var/spool/mail/$USER file nears it, I have a problem (it luckily happens rarely). So if user needs only some of the mails from a 2G file, how do I split it up?
I have tried Google, and found nothing Sendmail-specific (all I found is the usual file splitting, and that is not needed here).
Help?

Berhanie · 11-14-2012, 08:49 PM

you should convert from mbox to maildir. google for the procedure and the relevant config for telling sendmail to deliver to maildir.

ebel.velda · 11-15-2012, 01:32 AM

I know about that, and the conversion is not 1:1. The best would be to start from zero.
But I have this problem, and what you suggested is not a solution.