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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m trying to migrate mdbox to maildir based on
<a href="https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat">https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Modified dovecot.conf and set<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">mail_location=maildir:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Then I had run<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">/mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><a href="mailto:user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">user@domain.com</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">mirror
mdbox:<a href="mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">but that did nothing. Then I have<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Modified dovecot.conf and set<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">mail_location=mdbox:/source/mailboxes</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Then I had run<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">/mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><a href="mailto:user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">user@domain.com</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">mirror
mdbox:<a href="mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">that copied over <a href="mailto:user@domain.com">
user@domain.com</a> mailbox from the source to the destination location. As that was working I have tried to run<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">/mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><a href="mailto:user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">user@domain.com</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">mirror
maildir:<a href="mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com"><span style="color:purple">/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but that got an error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">dsync(user@domain.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/mnt/testmail/mailboxes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">dsync(user@domain.com): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': Unknown mail storage driver maildir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First problem is that based on example #2 from above provided syntax in
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat">https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat</a> is incorrect or for some reason is not working for me as it should for example #1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Second issue is not recognizing maildir format – what about that? Docecot has some missing libraries?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adam<o:p></o:p></p>
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