doveadm migration to server with no root access

[Sami Ketola]

Hi,

you can't migrate by pushing to imapc: or pop3c: host. It's not supported and in fact is not even possible without losing data.

you need to pull the mails by running doveadm on the new server.

Sami


> On 26 Jul 2019, at 16.13, jon rose via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to do mailbox migrations using doveadm to a server that I do not
> have root access on without success. Is this possible?
> 
> What I have done and results:
> 
> ssh to server with mailboxes to copy and then su
> cp /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf  /root/tmp/dovecot_new.conf
> append text below** to end of dovecot_new.conf
> try to copy mail 3 different ways (all fail see error messages)
> 
> doveadm -D -v -c /root/tmp/dovecot_new.conf -o mail_fsync=never sync -1 -u
> test at propertyzone.co.za pop3c:
> fail with: Error: Mailbox INBOX.Archive sync: mailbox_set_subscribed failed:
> Subscriptions not supported
> 
> doveadm -D -v -c /root/tmp/dovecot_new.conf -o mail_fsync=never sync -u
> test at propertyzone.co.za pop3c:
> fail with: Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX.Archive: POP3 mailbox creation
> isn't supported
> 
> doveadm -D -v -c /root/tmp/dovecot_new.conf -o mail_fsync=never backup -u
> test at propertyzone.co.za pop3c:
> fail with: dsync(test at propertyzone.co.za): Panic: file
> mailbox-list-delete.c: line 473 (mailbox_list_delete_symlink_default):
> assertion failed: (ret > 0)
> 
> 
> ** append at end of dovecot_new.conf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> pop3c_host = dedi225.jnb3.host-h.net
> pop3c_user = test at propertyzone.co.za
> pop3c_password = *****
> namespace inbox {
>  inbox = yes
> }
> namespace {
>  prefix = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/
>  location = pop3c:
>  list = no
>  hidden = yes
> }
> protocol doveadm {
>  mail_plugins = $mail_plugins pop3_migration
> }
> plugin {
>  pop3_migration_mailbox = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/INBOX
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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