migrate Maildir to mdbox
Hi,
I replaced HDDs in my home server and reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu 17.04). Since I had some time I reviewed my Dovecot configuration and changed a couple of things, including mailbox format.
Now I would like to migrate e-mail (about 20G -- I use this server as an e-mail archive). The Maildir is available on the (old) hard disk. The new dovecot is running. What should I use? Would mbsync work? I would prefer a solution that does not mess up the UUIDs, but I can live with that too.
$ dovecot --version 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
Incidentally, would you recommend sdbox or mdbox? Lots of e-mails, many of them have large attachments.
best,
Tamas
Assuming your maildir path is /path/to/mail/Maildir You could do it like this:
mail_home=/path/to/mail mail_location=mdbox:~/Mail
Then run
doveadm import -A -s maildir:~/Maildir "" ALL
mdbox should end up in
/path/to/mail/Mail
Please try it with doveadm import -u username first and keep backups, naturally.
Aki
On 2017-05-02 09:51, Tamas Papp wrote:
Hi,
I replaced HDDs in my home server and reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu 17.04). Since I had some time I reviewed my Dovecot configuration and changed a couple of things, including mailbox format.
Now I would like to migrate e-mail (about 20G -- I use this server as an e-mail archive). The Maildir is available on the (old) hard disk. The new dovecot is running. What should I use? Would mbsync work? I would prefer a solution that does not mess up the UUIDs, but I can live with that too.
$ dovecot --version 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
Incidentally, would you recommend sdbox or mdbox? Lots of e-mails, many of them have large attachments.
best,
Tamas
Silly question… Which is preferred? MailDir or Mbox? (directory vs flat file)
How would you do this when migrating from an old server to a new one?
Thx
-Mike
On May 2, 2017, at 1:58 AM, Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi@dovecot.fi wrote:
Assuming your maildir path is /path/to/mail/Maildir You could do it like this:
mail_home=/path/to/mail mail_location=mdbox:~/Mail
Then run
doveadm import -A -s maildir:~/Maildir "" ALL
mdbox should end up in
/path/to/mail/Mail
Please try it with doveadm import -u username first and keep backups, naturally.
Aki
On 2017-05-02 09:51, Tamas Papp wrote:
Hi,
I replaced HDDs in my home server and reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu 17.04). Since I had some time I reviewed my Dovecot configuration and changed a couple of things, including mailbox format.
Now I would like to migrate e-mail (about 20G -- I use this server as an e-mail archive). The Maildir is available on the (old) hard disk. The new dovecot is running. What should I use? Would mbsync work? I would prefer a solution that does not mess up the UUIDs, but I can live with that too.
$ dovecot --version 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
Incidentally, would you recommend sdbox or mdbox? Lots of e-mails, many of them have large attachments.
best,
Tamas
mbox is not recommended for new setups unless you have very good reason to do so.
Use maildir or sdbox.
Aki
On May 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM Michael Segel dovecot_mjs@hotmail.com wrote:
Silly question… Which is preferred? MailDir or Mbox? (directory vs flat file)
How would you do this when migrating from an old server to a new one?
Thx
-Mike
On May 2, 2017, at 1:58 AM, Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi@dovecot.fi wrote:
Assuming your maildir path is /path/to/mail/Maildir You could do it like this:
mail_home=/path/to/mail mail_location=mdbox:~/Mail
Then run
doveadm import -A -s maildir:~/Maildir "" ALL
mdbox should end up in
/path/to/mail/Mail
Please try it with doveadm import -u username first and keep backups, naturally.
Aki
On 2017-05-02 09:51, Tamas Papp wrote:
Hi,
I replaced HDDs in my home server and reinstalled the OS (Ubuntu 17.04). Since I had some time I reviewed my Dovecot configuration and changed a couple of things, including mailbox format.
Now I would like to migrate e-mail (about 20G -- I use this server as an e-mail archive). The Maildir is available on the (old) hard disk. The new dovecot is running. What should I use? Would mbsync work? I would prefer a solution that does not mess up the UUIDs, but I can live with that too.
$ dovecot --version 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
Incidentally, would you recommend sdbox or mdbox? Lots of e-mails, many of them have large attachments.
best,
Tamas
On Tue May 02 2017 10:58:33 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi@dovecot.fi wrote:
mbox is not recommended for new setups unless you have very good reason to do so.
Use maildir or sdbox.
Just curious - why not mdbox?
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