[EXT] doveadm expunge not expunging anymore

[Sami Ketola]

> On 17 Mar 2020, at 17.27, mabi <mabi at protonmail.ch> wrote:
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 3:57 PM, Sami Ketola <sami.ketola at dovecot.fi> wrote:
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>> Since you were migrating dovecot->dovecot I would have just used Dsync.
> 
> Thanks for the hint about dsync. It seems quite complex to setup and to use. Isn't there an easier method? What about tar'ing the files? Will this preserve the ctime?

what is so complex in it?

doveadm backup -u <uid> -R ssh old-server sudo /usr/bin/doveadm dsync-server -u <uid>

or just use doveadm over tcp if no channel encryption is required. I've used to do this over insecure internet hence ssh.
Sami