This is merely theory, I didnt get to try this on the system I was massaging. On the RH7.0 box, use one of the tools that are on the qmail webpages to convert the mbox formats, then tar the resulting users home directories up, transfer them to the new machine untar and check permissions etc.. Rob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BK Khoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] migration from sendmail (RH7) to qmail (e-smith 4.1.1) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi, > > I am trying to perform a migration of RH7+sendmail to e-smith 4.1.1+qmail > while preserving all emails initially on the sendmail under /var/spool/mail > > I have been to http://cr.yp.to/qmail, http://www.qmail.org, read life with qmail > but still could not figure out how to perform the above task. > (tried modify /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail.init to change MDA to procmail, but emails > still get delivered to /home/e-smith/files/users/$USER/Maildir while I wanted > them to be in /var/spool/mail/$USER > > Any steps necessary to configure IMP to read emails from /var/spool/mail/$USER? > > Would appreciate if anyone could give me any pointers or any ideas how > I could perform the above. > > Thanks in advance. > > Boon Kiat > > - -- > Khoo Boon Kiat > http://www.keyserver.net/en/ KeyID:C5CC5CB0 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjrT2U0ACgkQX88Id8XMXLAaDQCeNfgf98djZ3c8QskyyB3rW9Z/ > dnUAnidx3vFjf5U+poO4CzlX2vbebYvc > =O5RJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > This list is archived > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
