On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:07:06 +1300 (NZDT), Nick Rout wrote: > well for a start its way OT. it is not related to gentoo, it is a > generic mailserver question, better suited to comp.mail.imap, if you can > stomach usenet these days LOL.
It may be somewhat OT, but not way OT, it is on a Gentoo server after all. > secondly you give us no idea of how many users? how many mailboxes? About half a dozen. > how > many folders? None, this is currently a POP3 system. Adding IMAP and folders is one of the reasons for wanting to switch. > how much data? Around 600MB. > do you have all the user passwords? Yes. > does it > have to be done on a live system with minimal disruption to users? or do > you have all the time in the world to play? I can play on a test setup, but the transition has to be with minimal disruption. > Have you tried any of the > solutions you have found via google on a small set of data? Not yet. This is something I had been considering when the thread came up. It seemed a good opportunity to find out if someone else had already made a similar transition instead of having to do it all again. > The chapter that is available online of O'Reilly's "Managing IMAP" > (google it:-) discusses in some depths moving a reasonable sized > installation from mbox to cyrus (IIRC), it may give you some > inspiration. That's better, a response with some useful information, thank you :) -- Neil Bothwick And if you say "No", I shall be forced to shoot you.
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