Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-10 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 09/09/11 09:34, Tobias Hachmer wrote: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:22:54 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 09.09.2011 15:14, schrieb Tobias Hachmer: What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine running dovecot v1.2.15 to the new naked machine? i used imapsync in a

[Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Tobias Hachmer
Hi list, currently I use dovecot v1.2.15 with maildir++ mailboxes. (Debian Squeeze) I want to set up a different server with dovecot v2, also maildir++ mailboxes. (also Debian Squeeze) What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine running dovecot v1.2.15 to the

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 09.09.2011 15:14, schrieb Tobias Hachmer: Hi list, currently I use dovecot v1.2.15 with maildir++ mailboxes. (Debian Squeeze) I want to set up a different server with dovecot v2, also maildir++ mailboxes. (also Debian Squeeze) What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Tobias Hachmer
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:22:54 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 09.09.2011 15:14, schrieb Tobias Hachmer: What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine running dovecot v1.2.15 to the new naked machine? i used imapsync in a bash script

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Giulio Casella
Have you tried dsync (part of dovecot)? I don't know if it works for migration to a different (major) version of dovecot, but it's a nice tool. And it works also over ssh. Giulio Hope this helps. Il 09/09/2011 15.34, Tobias Hachmer ha scritto: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:22:54 +0200, Robert

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Tobias Hachmer
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:42:57 +0200, Giulio Casella wrote: Have you tried dsync (part of dovecot)? I don't know if it works for migration to a different (major) version of dovecot, but it's a nice tool. And it works also over ssh. Yeah, I read the sections in the dovecot v2 wiki, but I don't

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Johan Hendriks
Tobias Hachmer schreef: Hi list, currently I use dovecot v1.2.15 with maildir++ mailboxes. (Debian Squeeze) I want to set up a different server with dovecot v2, also maildir++ mailboxes. (also Debian Squeeze) What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Giulio Casella
] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another Data: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:50:49 +0200 Mittente: Tobias Hachmer tob...@hachmer.de A: dovecot@dovecot.org On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:42:57 +0200, Giulio Casella wrote: Have you tried dsync (part of dovecot)? I don't know if it works

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Tobias Hachmer
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:16:57 +0200, Giulio Casella wrote: This is working for me: root@oldserver # dsync -v -D -u $user backup ssh newserver dsync -u $user where $user is a username. oldserver and newserver can also have different mailbox format (in my case was mbox - maildir) Thanks for

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 09.09.2011 15:34, schrieb Tobias Hachmer: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:22:54 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 09.09.2011 15:14, schrieb Tobias Hachmer: What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine running dovecot v1.2.15 to the new naked machine? i used imapsync

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
, dsync should work too, but never tested it Messaggio originale Oggetto: Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another Data: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:50:49 +0200 Mittente: Tobias Hachmer tob...@hachmer.de A: dovecot@dovecot.org On Fri, 09 Sep

Re: [Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another

2011-09-09 Thread Tobias Hachmer
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:26:59 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote: i used imapsync in a bash script http://ks.lamiral.info/imapsync/ at a massive migration ok, but this tool is not free of charge. ? you should donate but you can use it without too, i.e its part of ubuntu Oh, cool, thanks for the