Migrating from Olde server to Dovecot

[mick crane]

On 2016-04-04 07:49, Hendrik Velloen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am new to the mailing List, and was hoping to get some assistance
> migrating from an Old Cucipop + Sendmail server (running on a old 
> Redhat v
> 7) to a new Dovecot setup.
> My new installation is Dovecot + Postfix. All is setup and working, 
> however
> I want to trasnsfer the contents of the mailboxes from my old server to
> this new Dovecot setup.
> 
> Please let me know what information will be required to transfer the
> mailboxes - I have tried a number of things, but with no luck.
> 
> I think the correct method is the one below, but I am getting UIDL 
> errors
> and AUTH errors and not sure if this is the right approach ----  PLEASE 
> HELP
> 
> dsync -u <DOVECOT_USER> mirror
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=<MAIL_BOX_COPIED_FROM_OLD_SERVER>
> 
> ~#  dsync -u hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za mirror
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/User_mbox/hendrikv
> 
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: pop3c(196.26.136.162): AUTH PLAIN
> failed: -ERR Invalid command, try one of: USER name, PASS string, APOP 
> name
> digest, QUIT
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: pop3c: Disconnected from remote 
> server
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: pop3_migration: Couldn't sync 
> mailbox
> POP3-MIGRATION-NS/INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log 
> for
> more information. [2016-04-04 08:27:01]
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=ddbe5c71e58919cfe2a40905bced091d (UID=3054)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=64087a4c7bf960114cf17ba044047900 (UID=374)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=fd28baf9e91aedaf06c6e979ca76e96f (UID=2982)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=607087e611559d2df02c0684de87e10d (UID=991)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=c6a9aebd1f535f0cd82ed612a42bae77 (UID=1541)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=4c56ffcfb600c8b216b2f1603383dc13 (UID=1007)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=96ce5556fab323206f51deb03625be8a (UID=2357)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=cda74cb161321b7c99973cc65e80a591 (UID=1401)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=b735acf7ef69b39be157a97223878cdc (UID=642)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=6d9baedf21198be32152461f96737a1a (UID=481)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send 
> mail
> GUID=19f36b934b74ce11f1eda95e32a0b112 (UID=1998)
> dsync(hendrikv at tcmvpn.co.za): Error: Exporting mailbox INBOX failed: 
> Can't
> lookup pop3-uidl for UID=1: POP3 UIDLs couldn't be synce

the descriptions here are for moving between formats.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat
Isn't mbox one big file that you can copy across ?
I have just made a new server with Maildir format.
Probably it is not the thing to do but I copied the old ~/Maildir/cur 
contents to new ~/Maildir/new (or cur I forget which) seems to work 
except they all get the same date.


mick





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