[plug] Recommended local mail access method

[Cameron Patrick]

Timothy White wrote:

> >Also, it would help if you
> >told us which IMAP server you were using and which format you're
> >storing your mail in (if your IMAP server supports more than one --
> >dovecot does, for instance).

> Dovecot with mbox. Is there and easy way to move over to maildir?

Sure.  Create a maildir in your home directory with

    maildirmake.dovecot ~/Maildir

and dovecot should know to use maildir.  Then copy your messages from
Thunderbird into the IMAP folders as Shayne described.

Cameron.