Dear Team,

Due to some reasons I need to move vmail folder to another drive. I tried to do rsync & I was able to copy all the files and structure with same old date and time stamp. I made symbolic link and new mail flow was fine but problem is, all the mail boxes started downloading old mails again .

Is there any way where I can copy location of the folder without this problem.

Please find the below details.

Dovecot Version

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dovecot-pigeonhole-0.2.6-21.el6.x86_64

dovecot-2.0.18-1_134.el6.x86_64

dovecot-managesieve-0.2.6-21.el6.x86_64

# dovecot –n

# 2.0.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

# OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final)

auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN

dict {

acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-share-folder.conf

expire = db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire/expire.db

quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-used-quota.conf

}

last_valid_uid = 500

listen = *

log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log

mail_gid = 500

mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/

mail_uid = 500

managesieve_notify_capability = mailto

managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave

namespace {

inbox = yes

location =

prefix =

separator = /

type = private

}

namespace {

list = children

location = maildir:/%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%%u

prefix = Shared/%%u/

separator = /

subscriptions = yes

type = shared

}

passdb {

args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf

driver = ldap

}

plugin {

acl = vfile

acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl

auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master

autocreate = INBOX

autocreate2 = Sent

autocreate3 = Trash

autocreate4 = Drafts

autocreate5 = Junk

autosubscribe = INBOX

autosubscribe2 = Sent

autosubscribe3 = Trash

autosubscribe4 = Drafts

autosubscribe5 = Junk

expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30

expire_dict = proxy::expire

quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict

quota_rule = *:storage=1G

quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u

quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u

quota_warning3 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u

sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve

sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve

sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/sieve

sieve_global_path = /var/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve

}

protocols = pop3 imap sieve

service auth {

unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-auth {

group = postfix

mode = 0666

user = postfix

}

unix_listener auth-master {

group = vmail

mode = 0666

user = vmail

}

unix_listener auth-userdb {

group = vmail

mode = 0660

user = vmail

}

}

service dict {

unix_listener dict {

group = vmail

mode = 0660

user = vmail

}

}

service quota-warning {

executable = script /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh

unix_listener quota-warning {

group = vmail

mode = 0660

user = vmail

}

}

ssl = required

ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/iRedMail_CA.pem

ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/iRedMail.key

userdb {

args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf

driver = ldap

}

protocol lda {

auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master

lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes

log_path = /var/log/sieve.log

mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate

postmaster_address = root

}

protocol imap {

imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep

mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate

}

protocol pop3 {

mail_plugins = quota

pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh

pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv

}

Thanks in advance,

Manoj Singh.