Re: [Dovecot] dsync: convert only mbox in /var/mail to maildir?
On Friday, April 20, 2012 02:27:59 pm Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 20.4.2012, at 22.26, Jeff Simmons wrote: > > I'm migrating an old UW pop server to a new Dovecot server. The old > > server did not allow mail to be stored on the server, so only mbox files > > exist in /var/mail, with nothing in /home/$user. I'd like to copy the > > /var/mail directory over to the new server and then use dsync to convert > > the mbox files and put them in /home/$user/Maildir, but every > > permutation of the command line I've tried dies with a variation on > > can't find/write either /var/mail/mail or /home/$user/mail, seems it > > won't deal with mbox files without an associated mail directory. Can > > dsync be used for this kind of conversion, or should I look elsewhere > > for conversion utilities? > > Assuming in destination server the mbox is in /var/mail/$user and you want > the destination to ~/Maildir: > > in dovecot.conf set: > mail_location = maildir.~/Maildir > > rm -rf /tmp/emptydir > dsync mirror mbox:/tmp/emptydir:/var/mail/$user Actually: dsync mirror mbox:/tmp/emptydir:INBOX=/var/mail/$user :) And be sure that /var/mail/$user has the same ownership:group as the user (i.e. $user:$user NOT $user:mail). > be sure to delete the emptydir between users. -- Jeff Simmons j...@j-simmons.net Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security
Re: [Dovecot] dsync: convert only mbox in /var/mail to maildir?
On 20.4.2012, at 22.26, Jeff Simmons wrote: > I'm migrating an old UW pop server to a new Dovecot server. The old server > did > not allow mail to be stored on the server, so only mbox files exist in > /var/mail, with nothing in /home/$user. I'd like to copy the /var/mail > directory over to the new server and then use dsync to convert the mbox files > and put them in /home/$user/Maildir, but every permutation of the command > line > I've tried dies with a variation on can't find/write either /var/mail/mail or > /home/$user/mail, seems it won't deal with mbox files without an associated > mail directory. Can dsync be used for this kind of conversion, or should I > look elsewhere for conversion utilities? Assuming in destination server the mbox is in /var/mail/$user and you want the destination to ~/Maildir: in dovecot.conf set: mail_location = maildir.~/Maildir rm -rf /tmp/emptydir dsync mirror mbox:/tmp/emptydir:/var/mail/$user be sure to delete the emptydir between users.
[Dovecot] dsync: convert only mbox in /var/mail to maildir?
I'm migrating an old UW pop server to a new Dovecot server. The old server did not allow mail to be stored on the server, so only mbox files exist in /var/mail, with nothing in /home/$user. I'd like to copy the /var/mail directory over to the new server and then use dsync to convert the mbox files and put them in /home/$user/Maildir, but every permutation of the command line I've tried dies with a variation on can't find/write either /var/mail/mail or /home/$user/mail, seems it won't deal with mbox files without an associated mail directory. Can dsync be used for this kind of conversion, or should I look elsewhere for conversion utilities? Thanks for helping a noob who can't traverse a wiki without leaving a trail of breadcrumbs. -- Jeff Simmons j...@j-simmons.net Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security
