How to migration my mails from another server ?

[Michael Slusarz]

impasync doesn't preserve IMAP state if Dovecot is the destination server.  You should use dsync instead.


> 
>     On April 8, 2017 at 3:11 AM Adrian Minta <adrian.minta at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     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
> >         ======
> >         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
> > 
> >     > 
>     --
>     Best regards,
>     Adrian Minta
> 


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