Sorry for the delay. I have tried and failed to use dsync properly. What would the format and usage of the command be? I have all my old Mbox mail file called user onto the new server under /home/trans and used dsync as follows:
dsync -v -u user backup u...@domain.com All I get back is the usage. Also, another concern. Will the dovecot indexes be recreated as they where on the old server. I ask this question since the mbox file does not have the associated dovecot indexes. I know Im foobaring/newbying something simple at this point. Any help would be appreciated. The real question is will the clients have to redownload their emails as I described in the first post. ________________________________ From: Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> To: Tim E. <silent_wum...@yahoo.com> Cc: Dovecot List Mailing <dovecot@dovecot.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 1.x POP3 to Dovecot 2.x POP3 mbox to Maildir best transfer program/method On 7.9.2012, at 22.32, Tim E. wrote: > I have a box running Dovecot 1.x POP3 only server using mbox format. I want > to port the mail over to a Centos 6.3 box running a Dovecot 2.x POP3 only > server using Maildir format. The main thing I want to do is support > XUID/read/unread status so the transfer is transparent for the end user. I > have been able to achieve transfers from the mbox format to Maildir > but loose the XUID/read/unread status so that the Thunderbird client always > re-downloads all the mail as if it were new. Ive googled and I have tried the > following: > > dsync : dovecot 1.x server is too old and doesnt support the command? > mb2md.pl: transfers the mbox to maildir and creates file dovecot-uidlist but > the Thunderbird client redownloads the files > virtualmin copy-mailbox: transfers the mailbox to Maildir but doesnt > reproduce the dovecot indexes. > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > I would like to produce a howto of the process when I am done. Copy the mboxes to the new v2.x server and use dsync to convert them to maildir.
