On 15.02.2017 14:39, Steffen Kaiser wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2017, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > > > Any suggestion on how to upgrade everything ? Can I test our current > > configuration with a newer dovecot version to be sure that everything > > would be converted properly with > > "doveconf -n -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > dovecot-2.conf" ? > > actually, you answer your question yourself: > > "Can I test" > > yes: you can and *should* test, but it's a major upgrade. > > I did it so: > > + checked out the automated conversation, > + each change I made to the conf of Dovecot v1, I read, what to do in > v2 and applied the change to the default configuration manually with > hints from the step above > + once all in place, I started a test system with a bunch of accounts > that used all features: sieve, sharing, ... . > > -- Steffen Kaiser
Btw, I think the most safe option would be to make *new* server (advantage to upgrade the platform here too) and migrate users to the new server instead of upgrading. Just my 2c. Aki