[Dovecot] Migration from Courier to dovecot

Nick Douma n.douma at nekoconeko.nl
Thu Jan 21 00:27:07 EET 2010


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On 20-1-2010 17:20, Werner Detter wrote:
> hi list,
> 
> I've just registered to the list, so please be tolerant ;) I'm currently
> in the process of planning the migration from courier to dovecot as
> POP/IMAP-Server. I'm migration from Courier 0.58 (Debian-Etch-packages)
> to Dovecot 1.1.13 (Debian Lenny Backport).
> 
> The conversion of the Mailbox from Courier to Dovecot will be done with
> "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl"-script[1], which works fine. However after
> running "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl" the Courier-Files still remain in
> the Maildir.
> 
> Can i just delete those Courier-specific-files or does dovecot need them
> somehow (do you normally get rid of these after conversion)?
> 
> It's about these files:
> courierimapacl
> courierimapsubscribed
> courierimapuiddb
> courierpop3dsizelist
> 
> And those directories:
> courierimaphieracl
> courierimaphieracl
> 
> Can i simply delete those with "find" ? 

I 'migrated' a few years back from Courier to Dovecot without a script.
A few weeks ago I noticed those same files, and removed them with
`find`. I haven't noticed any degradation whatsoever :P.
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