Migrate with Dsync

[Randall Gellens]

I tried putting a config file into /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-dsync.conf, 
figuring that dovecot.conf would pick it up with the '!include 
conf.d/*.conf' line, but it didn't get picked up.  I have no idea why.

What is the difference between the two web pages: 
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync which says to run dysnc via 
doveadm, e.g., 'doveadm -o mail_fsync=never sync -1 -R -u user at domain 
imapc:', and http://linux.die.net/man/1/dsync, which says to run 
'dynch'?  The latter shows a dsync option '-F' to disable fast 
syncing, for example.

Also, is there an option to run dsync in test mode, e.g., to have it 
show what it thinks needs to be done, without actually doing it?  I'm 
a bit afraid of just running it, since I am not sure that the '-R' 
option means that the mail gets moved from the remote IMAP server to 
the dovecot server.

Finally, is there a way to have dsync prompt for a user password?  I 
need to do per-user migration (no master account on the remote 
system) and prefer not to type plain text passwords on command lines 
nor in config files.

Thanks!


At 10:38 AM -0800 12/12/14, Randall Gellens wrote:

>  At 6:14 PM +0100 12/11/14, Dominik Breu wrote:
>
>>   i have a simple and maybe stupid question but,
>>   read the guide on http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync now i wonder
>>   where to put this configuration ? May i oversee something but i would
>>   appreciate any hint toward solving my problem.
>
>  Hi Dominik,
>
>  I'm not sure, but my guess is that it goes into a new file in 
> '/etc/dovecot/conf.d/', perhaps with a name such as 
> '90-dsync.conf'. I believe that it is also possible to not write 
> this into a file but instead pass each option on the command line 
> using '-o'.
>
>  I am trying to figure this out because I want to migrate lots of 
> mail from an old IMAP server to dovecot, and I'd like to preserve 
> the mailbox GUIDs and the message UIDs.
>
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