dovecot migration

[mkawada at redhat.com]

Hi, Joseba-san,

I very much appreciate your help!

Thanks,

(2015年01月27日 18:06), Joseba Torre wrote:
> El 27/01/15 a las 03:54, mkawada at redhat.com escribió:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> To migrate a dovecot server from dovecot-1.x to dovecot-2.x, then I
>> wonder if the UIDL format "pop3_uidl_format" setting is required in the
>> configuration file for clients not to re-download the same mails from
>> the migrated mail server. Currently, no UIDL format is set in
>> /etc/dovecot file of the one using dovecot-1.x server which means it is
>> commented out as default like below.
>>
>> ]# grep pop3_uidl_format /etc/dovecot.conf
>>
>> #pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv <----
>>
>> Does this mean the "pop3_uidl_format" is in use as "%08Xu%08Xv" by
>> default? I see the same in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf of the one
>> using dovecot-2.x, and have not been able to find any information saying
>> it's the defualt setting.
>>
>> Here are the questions:
>>
>> 1.Can we say the "pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv" is the enabled default
>> setting? Or any ways to check the default?
>
> You can get the current configuration with
>
> dovecot -a
>
> In order to get only diferences from the defaults, dovecot -n.
>
>>
>> 2.Do they need to specify anything for the "pop3_uidl_format =" field
>> for their migration in this case?
>
> Better safe than sorry: get the current value and add the 
> pop3_uidl_format line in your conf.
>>
>> Env infomation:
>> dovecot-1.x
>> dovecot-2.x
>> mail_location = mbox
>>
>> Any information/clues would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>