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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