Moving messages between servers with different configurations

[Sami Ketola]

Hi,

try running this on the NEW dovecot server:

doveadm backup -u uid -R tcp:192.168.10.43:542

to pull the messages from old server.

Sami


> On 22 Jan 2019, at 16.52, Marc Roos <M.Roos at f1-outsourcing.eu> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> I feel a bit like an idiot, but I have been trying with copy, so I do 
> not lose any message when testing. But I can't get them to copy. I do 
> indeed have same uid and gid.
> 
> 
> [@~]# doveadm mailbox status -S 192.168.10.43:542 -u testuser -t 
> messages test
> messages=43
> [@~]# doveadm mailbox status -u testuser -t messages INBOX/test2
> messages=16
> 
> [@~]# doveadm -v copy -S 192.168.10.43:542 -u testuser INBOX/test2 
> mailbox test
> [@~]#
> 
> [@~]# doveadm mailbox status -S 192.168.10.43:542 -u testuser -t 
> messages test
> messages=43
> [@~]# doveadm mailbox status -u testuser -t messages INBOX/test2
> messages=16 
> 
> Also tried with
> doveadm -v copy -S 192.168.10.43:542 -u testuser INBOX/test2 user 
> testuser mailbox test
> 
> 
> 
>> doveadm [-Dv] move [-S socket_path] -u user  destination [user 
> source_user] search_query
>> 
>> Moving all mails from mailbox INBOX/test on serverA to mailbox
>> Archive/2017 on local serverB.
>> + destination Archive/2017 must exist
>> + Limitation: source_user and testuser must share the same UID and 
> GID
>> 
>> doveadm move -S x.x.x.x:x -u testuserAtServerB
>> Archive/2017 user source_userAtServerA mailbox INBOX/test ALL
>> 
>> 
>>> I wanted to move messages from a mbox mailbox on server A to mdbox
>>> on 
>>> server B. I thought I could do this by connecting to the remote
>>> server 
>>> with "doveadm move -S x.x.x.x:x -u testuser Archive/2017 mailbox 
>>> INBOX/test" but I guess this will only allow and move messages 
>>> internally on server B?
>>> Should I use dsync, or is there another way to move the messages?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>