On 29.9.2019 23.38, tovises via dovecot wrote: > I have a quite old home server based on Debian 6.x packages using courier > imap server (exim4, fetchmail, courier, apache2, squirrelmail) to keep my > and my wife emails (about 25G). > I want renew my server to Debian 10 (buster) and got a recommendation to > use dovecot instead of courier. For this purpose I'm using a different PC > as a sandbox. Debian 10 currently offer dovecot version 2.3.4.1 > Installation was "peaceful" but stuck with the migration. I have choose > migration using dsync, from Wiki I was choose this command: > > For per-user user/passwords use: > > doveadm -o imapc_user=foo -o pop3c_user=foo -o imapc_password=bar -o > pop3c_password=bar backup -R -u user@domain imapc: > > (foo and bar placed real username and password) > > But I get error: > doveadm(to...@nusi.tovis-lab.mydomain.org): Error: User doesn't exist > > Strongly I have no real domain, I'm using "freedns". "nusi" is the local > name of my old server, "tovis-lab" is conjunction with "mydomain.org" > choose from freedns. I was trying short as "nusi" which is in /etc/hosts > file even ip address but the same result. 143 and 943 ports are working > only inside the firewall (OpenWrt). > I was checked using telnet courier on the "remote" box and dovecot on the > localhost. I was able to login. > > What should I use as "user@domain" in this situation? > > tovis > > > Hi!
-u parameter should be your *local* username, @domain is optional. Aki