[Dovecot] Platform change, considerations?

[Peter Lindgren]

Hello!

I am switching hardware platform for my dovecot 1.0beta3 installation.
 From Sun Sparc (SS4) to Intel i386.
OS platform will only change from OpenBSD 3.7 to 3.9.
 From Dovecot 1.0beta3 to beta8.

Is there anything special to consider, in terms of endianness or other 
incompatibilities?

I plan on a fresh install (compile) on the new machine, migrate the 
settings manually (by hand), test the new server and then migrate old 
mail. Can I just mount the disks and copy, or should I go through NFS to 
be safe from potential endianness problems? Or perhaps copy with IMAP 
using my Thunderbird client?

The live switch (the old server is in production) isn't that delicate, 
several hours downtime is OK. There's a backup server that can receive 
any mail I might loose during downtime, which can be copied though IMAP 
later.

Thanks for any input!
/Peter
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Peter Lindgren, dataingenjör
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