logging into user mailboxes with admin credentials

[Larry Rosenman]

look at master_users

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers



On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Noam Birnbaum <noam at maccentricsolutions.com
> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> We are planning a migration away from Dovecot (sorry) to Google Apps and
> are trying to figure out how to migrate the contents of user mailboxes to
> the new provider. Normally we would use an IMAP migration tool to log into
> each user's mailbox on the old and new providers and transfer the data that
> way.
>
> However, there is no central directory service; all accounts are local. We
> have a large number of users and for both management and security reasons
> it's not feasible to compile a list of all IMAP passwords.
>
> Is there a way to log into user IMAP accounts on Dovecot using a central
> administrative credential?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Warmest and bestest,
> Noam
> 510-332-3828 cell
>
>
>
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