Yeah, looks right. And once you've migrated everyone, change
mail_location globally and remove them from userdb.
On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 08:46 +0200, Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo wrote:
> Ok I want to do migration without downtime
>
> Yes i have red that the separator depends on mailbox format and that
> for maildir it is '.'
>
> So in my dovecot.conf I have no namespace definition and my mail-location is:
>
> mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/Maildir
>
> But when I execute the dsync command:
>
> /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dsync -v -f -u exam...@example.org mirror
> mdbox:/var1/vmail/example.org/example/mdbox
>
> i get
>
> dsync(root): Fatal: Mail locations must use the same virtual mailbox
> hierarchy separator (specify separator for the default namespace)
>
>
> So i have to add to my dovecot.conf
> namespace {
> inbox = yes
> separator = .
> subscriptions = yes
> }
>
> And after finishig dsync for all mailboxes to a new location
> I change separator to:
>
> separator = /
>
> as a final step I have to return the new mdbox mail location for
> each user using userdb
>
> and my dsync command would change:
>
> /usr/local/dovecot/bin/dsync -v -f -u exam...@example.org mirror
> maildir:/var/vmail/example.org/example/Maildir
>
> Am I rigth?
>
> Thanks you all
>
>
> 2011/5/13 Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi>:
> > On 13.5.2011, at 1.00, Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo wrote:
> >
> >> Actually I have no namespace definition. If i add namespace definition
> >> for start migrating, waht about my clients? will they be able to find
> >> there mail & mailboxes while I am migrating from maildir to mdbox?
> >
> > Your clients see the default namespace if it's not explicitly specified.
> > That namespace has prefix="" and the separator depends on what mailbox
> > format you're using. With Maildir that would be "." character. If you keep
> > that there shouldn't be even any potential problems.
> >
> >
> >
>
