Exporting a mailbox over IMAP.

[Admin Beckspaced]

Only want to reconfirm the +1000 for IMAPSync.

Used it a few years ago to sync all the mailboxes from dbmail to dovecot.
And it worked flawlessly and without any issues.

Give it a first go :)


Am 04.10.2021 um 04:22 schrieb Gregory Sloop:
>
> +1000 for IMAPSync.
>
> I was never able to get doveadm sync/backup to work despite a lot of 
> tinkering attempting to do so. Never.
>
> I could get imapsync to work in <10m and it works incredibly well.
>
> I can't say enough good things about imapsync
>
> (And enough bad things about doveadm sync - I imagine it must work for 
> some people, but how to do so is seemingly like witchcraft with secret 
> incantations, potions and arcane hidden knowledge.)
>
> Save yourself the agony, and try imapsync *first,* not second. :)
>
>
>     I don't have any direct answer to your question, but wanted to
>     make sure you were aware of these tools, which are built to safely
>     merge two IMAP mailboxes together with no loss. They might provide
>     an alternative strategy.
>
>
>     Imapsync: https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync
>     <https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync>
>
>
>     Offlineimap: https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap
>     <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap>
>
>
>     P.
>
>
>
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