Hi folks, I have an old server running qmail with several years of mails in maildir format I want to migrate to a new server, without requiring fresh client download of everything.
Old server is debian 6(?). Local IP is 192.168.0.1. New server is Debian 10, local IP is 192.168.0.25.
I have dovecot 2.3.4.1 (latest from apt stable) installed and apparently working - if I manually copy the home directory for my account, I can connect (using thunderbird) and I get all the emails appearing as new, forcing redownload. Seems like the new config is at least functional.
I'm trying to follow the migration guide at
https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync, but I am getting an error
message:
root@newserver:~# doveadm backup -R -u _user_ -o pop3c_user=_user_ -o
pop3c_password=_password_
backup: invalid option -- 'o'
doveadm backup [-u <user>|-A] [-S
Have tried this a couple different ways and according to everything i can find -o should be valid. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
Thanks!
# 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.4 () # OS: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.4 # Hostname: newserver.domain.com disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail namespace { hidden = yes list = no location = pop3c: prefix = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/ } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { pop3_migration_mailbox = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/INBOX } pop3_uidl_format = %f pop3c_host = 192.168.0.1 protocols = " imap pop3" ssl = no ssl_cert =