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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p>I have a Linix server that won't boot. I've patched in a live CD and mounted the original HDDs so I can browse the files using SSH. <o:p></o:p></p><p>I am trying to find where all my customer emails are stored so that I can (hopefully) copy them off this "dead" server onto a new server which is also running cPanel and Dovecot.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Does anyone know where Dovecot stores emails for each email account when it runs under cPanel?<o:p></o:p></p><p>I can see a directory called /home/<cpanel username>/mail/<domain name>/<mail username><o:p></o:p></p><p>(I've used <xxxxx> in place of the actual text to obviscate the actual user information).<o:p></o:p></p><p>If I navigate to that directory I can see lots of interesting sub directories e.g. cur, new and tmp plus some files such as:<o:p></o:p></p><p>dovecot.index.cache, dovecote.index, dovecote-uidlist<o:p></o:p></p><p>But then I'm stumped. I was hoping to find a big fat directory that contained all the mail files.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Is anyone able to tell me what I need to copy across to get all the old emails off the "dead" server onto the new one?<o:p></o:p></p><p>Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>