Am 06.02.2013 11:10, schrieb Steffen Kaiser: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Frank wrote: > >> Steffen Kaiser wrote: >>> On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Frank Lienhard wrote: >>> >>>> My first attempt was tho simply rsync the Maildirs along with the homes. >>>> Both deovecot versions are set up with >>>> the maildir format, but this results in ~30% doublicated mails on the new >>>> server. >>> >>> Er, a) you got 30% more files on the new server (aka target), than you have >>> on the old server (aka source)?? >>> >>> b) Or do you see them, when you login via IMAP to the the new server? >>> >>> === >>> >>> If a), did you ran rsync, while the source host is in production still? Do >>> you use "H" option to preserve >>> hardlinks and/or "--delete" if you run rsync multiple times? >>> >>> If b), did you verified the duplication with a IMAP client, that does _no_ >>> caching on its own or with a fresh >>> and empty local cache / profile / ... . >>> >> I used -avu, where: >> -a equals: -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) >> -u skip file that are newer on the receiver > >> I stopped the getmail cronjob to ensure that no new messages get fetched >> while sync. After that I created a new >> account in Icedove and at first all went well, but after a while I got >> duoplicates of abou 900 old messages. >> I admit I only looked that up from Icedove and not in the dir from cli. > > When you rsync'ed multiple times, you _must_ use "--delete" as well, because > in Maildir status changes, such as > "read", "seen", "replied", lables a.s.o., are reflected by changing the > filename of the messages. Hence, without > "--delete" you get the same message multiple times with different status or > labels. > > I tried it myself and had 1:1 copies of the mailboxes, regardless if I use > the same or a fresh profile in Thunderbird. > > I use: rsync -essh -vaH --delete from/ target:/.../to/
generally you should use options to REALLY make a folder a 1:1 copy, the params below are used by me since many years for ANY sort of folder sync --delete-after -tPrlHpogEAX # -z compress # -t timestamps # -P progress # -r recursive # -l links # -H hard-links # -p permissions # -o owner # -g group # -E executability # -A acls # -X xtended attributes
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