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mbox--> maildir with getmail, procmail,mutt



hi folks,

converting from mbox ot maildirs, and wanted to check I was doingthis
right before I screwed it up.  Here's what I plan to do:

in .getmail/getmailrc (2.3.7, woody package (can't use the sid
packages, not compatible with my provider): is there anything to
change?  Right now mail just gets sent to |/usr/bin/procmail .
Shouldn't procmail take care of everything?

in .procmailrc
add line 
MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir
and in individual recipes, add trailing slash to all of the old mbox names.  

will procmail then still try to deliver to /var/spool/mail/username
when messages fall through all the recipes?  Or will it somehow know
to deliver to $HOME/Maildir?

In .muttrc

set mbox_type = maildir
set folder = "~/Maildir

With all that done, then run 
mb2md -m -d Maildir
mb2md -s Mail -R -d Maildir

doesthis sound right?  have I left anything out?  

thanks,

matt



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