How to migration my mails from another server ?

[Adrian Minta]

Use imapsync:  https://imapsync.lamiral.info/


On 04/08/2017 12:02 PM, Mik J wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to host my mails and I would like to retrieve my existing mailbox content from my ISP
>
> My ISP
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> I don't have root access on the server
> The server seem to use Dovecot according to the banner.
>
> My machine
> ==========
> I have root access on the server
> I use Dovecot 2.2.21
> I use Maildir
>
>
>
> I read this page multiple times but it's not clear to me
> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync
>
> "Set up configuration for the IMAP server you wish to migrate from"
> Is it my ISP's server or my server ?
> In which configuration file should I do this ?
>
> The same for this option
> dsync_features = empty-header-workaroundwhere is it supposed to be configured ?
>
>
> My most important case is quite "simple": the mailboxes (there are 2 or 3) I want to migrate don't exist on my machine, so there is no such problems as merge existing mails.
> Will this migration use imap and retrieve the content of the mails ? Will it use port 143 or 993 ?
> I'll use the backup option
>
>
> I have another case which there are mails on both servers. So I would like to keep existing mails on my machine.
> I'll use the sync -1 option ?
>
> Thank you

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Best regards,
Adrian Minta