Recommended tool for migrating IMAP servers

[Michael Slusarz]

> On December 4, 2017 at 8:46 AM Paolo <tech-lists at fcr.re.it> wrote:
> 
> 
> Il 04/12/2017 14:33, x9p ha scritto:
> >
> >> Can I use this tool even if I do not know the other remote server
> >> typology?
> >>
> > sure. just need both IMAP ports reachable and valid user/pass for both
> > servers.
> I think Davide was asking about dsync. If so, the answer is no: dsync 
> works only when both servers are Dovecot and needs some additional 
> configuration to work through the network (see 
> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication).

This is entirely incorrect.  The source platform for dsync can be ANY IMAP/POP server.

The recommended tool for migrating into Dovecot is dsync.  You don't need any other tool, and other tools aren't going to preserve state so they are pretty much worthless for a real-world in-place migration.

michael