Server migration

[Aki Tuomi]

On 26.10.2016 09:27, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:
> Il 24 ott 2016 5:11 PM, "Michael Seevogel" <ms at ddnetservice.de> ha scritto:
>> I meant your old server. With "old" I was expecting something like Debian
> Sarge or SuSE Linux 9.3. That would have been really old, but since you are
> on Debian Squeeze, I would definitely choose the way with an upgraded
> Dovecot version and its replication service.
>
> Is 2.1 from squeeze-backports enough to start the replication over a newer
> server with dovecot 2.2? Is this supported or both server must run the same
> version?
>
> I've looked around but the replication system is still not clear to me.
> Any howto explaining this in details?

Hi!

I would recommend using same major release with replication.

If you are using maildir++ format, it should be enough to copy all the
maildir files over and start dovecot on new server.

Aki Tuomi
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