[Dovecot] Probably a bad idea but.....

[Mark Lidstone]

Hi all,

I've got a few users I'm trying to migrate from a Mercury Mail server to
a dovecot IMAP/POP3 setup.  I was hoping to use some sort of imap-copy
type script to move email from the Mercury server to dovecot server, but
the Mercury box is running so slow it's impossible.

Mercury stores mail in a similar way to Maildirs, different folders with
separate files for each mail, stored in plaintext RFC822 format.  How
sensible would it be to copy the files over from the Mercury server to
users maildirs on a Linux server?

The filenames are in a different format but I don't know if that would
cause a problem?

Any help gratefully appreciated,

Mark Lidstone
IT and Network Support Administrator

BMT SeaTech Ltd
Grove House, Meridians Cross, 7 Ocean Way
Ocean Village, Southampton.  SO14 3TJ. UK
Tel: +44 (0)23 8063 5122         
Fax: +44 (0)23 8063 5144

E-Mail:  mailto:mark.lidstone at bmtseatech.co.uk
Website: www.bmtseatech.co.uk
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