[Dovecot] convert to mdbox

[Birta Levente]

On 23/07/2013 10:44, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> Am 23.07.2013 09:08, schrieb Birta Levente:
>> Hi
>>
>> How can I convert all virtual mailboxes from maildir to mdbox? Manually,
>> one by one, working, but I have a lot ...
>>
>> Virtual users and domains stored in sql database.
>>
>> Thats what I want:
>>
>> mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
>> to
>> mail_location = mdbox:/var/vmail/%d/%n/mdbox
>>
>> Thanks
>> Levi
>>
>
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync
>
> dsync should do it , but be aware from dsync bugs in some versions
> do heavy testing before doing something live, for many users do i.e with
> bash script
>
> export your users from sql to a file, or use live query
>
> for i in `cat user.lst`
> do
> dsync .....
> done
>


I thought dsync can do natively, just I don't figure out how.

I use the latest 2.2.4 dovecot, so I hope there was no problem.


> for avoid acl and quota problems
>
> dsync -o plugin/acl= -o plugin/quota= -u ....

Thanks for the hint.

>
> perhaps look at
>
> http://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/07/20/fallstricke-mit-acl-und-quota-bei-backup-mit-dsync-dovecot/
>
> be aware of, if  use zlib plugin all backup mails get compressed too
>
>
> Best Regards
> MfG Robert Schetterer
>

Thank you!!

Levi








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