Migrate mail data from Dovecot to Dovecot

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 11:39, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:

>
> > On 19 February 2019 10:38 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <
> dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have built a new server (FreeBSD-12) running dovecot-2.3.4.
> > My old server (FreeBSD-9.3) is running dovecot-2.3.4 as well.
> > The configurations are 1:1 identical.
> > The are about 250 users on this server, all virtual. They are mostly
> POP3 users, but they do "leave a copy of message on the server"
> > for set various number of days.
> >
> > Now, to migrate the mail data, can I simply rsync the mail directories
> between the old and the new server? Would that create a pitfall??
> >
> > What is the recommended method?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> > Nairobi,KE
> > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-)
>
> If you are using maildir, rsync should work.
>
>
Thank you.

rsync it is.


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)
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