[Dovecot] Convert Plugin

[Tobias Daucher]

Am 27.10.2010 20:26, schrieb Daniel Luttermann:
> Dr Matthew Williams wrote on 10/27/2010:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been investigating mailbox conversions and have used the convert
>> plugin under Dovecot V1.x. I cannot find the plugin in the list on the
>> wiki for Dovcot V2.x, is it not included for a reason?
>>
>> I understand that I can do a post-login script to do the conversion,
>> any guidance on best practices?
>
> you can use dsync instead.
>
> Link: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync
>
> --
> Daniel
>
after having some problems with dsync, we did all convertings like this (imap-tool/daemon)
1. make a namespace for the old format
2. make a namespace for the new format
3. use something like this:
(echo "1 select .mboxnamespace/old"; echo "2 copy 1:* mdboxnamespace/new"; echo "3 logout")| 
"/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap -u <user>"
after checking the result you can do
(echo "1 select .mboxnamespace/old"; echo "2 delete .mboxnamespace/old"; echo "3 logout")| 
"/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap -u <user>"
and thats it... works for every formats that dovecot can access... perhaps it is possible to add 
this way as an alternative for dsync to the wiki - cause dsync has some problems.. i.e. wenn old 
mailboxes have little errors or something like that...
note: you have to create the new "folder" in the new namespace of course before copying...

bye and i hope this will help all of you!
Tobi

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