> On 19 February 2019 10:38 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
>
> I have built a new server (FreeBSD-12) running dovecot-2.3.4.
> My old server (FreeBSD-9.3) is running dovecot-2.3.4 as well.
> The configurations are 1:1 identical.
> The are about 250 users on this server, all virtual. They are mostly POP3 users, but they do "leave a copy of message on the server"
> for set various number of days.
>
> Now, to migrate the mail data, can I simply rsync the mail directories between the old and the new server? Would that create a pitfall??
>
> What is the recommended method?
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-)

If you are using maildir, rsync should work.