Recommended tool for migrating IMAP servers

Davide Marchi danjde at msw.it
Mon Dec 4 14:11:45 EET 2017


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> Hi,
> 
> I vouch for imapsync. Have used it in the past with quite a big amount 
> of
> emails.
> 
> cheers.
> 
> x0p

Ah, thanks  x0!

> Also if you have fs access on both servers, and you are using maildir,
> plain rsync works just as well.
> 
> Aki

no, I've not fs access on both servers! :-/

> If you want to preserve IMAP UID:s and possibly also POP3 UIDL:s then 
> dovecot internal
> dsync is the only tool that can do it.
> 
> With every other tool you will face end users needing to  invalidate 
> their local caches and
> redownloading all headers if not also all mail bodies.
> 
> Sami
> 

Can I use this tool even if I do not know the other remote server 
typology?

Many thanks to all!!

Davide



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