On 22.11.2016 12:46, Marco Hofmann (XenAdmin) wrote: > Hello everbody, > > I'm a proud user of Dovecot 2.2.9 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I currently > migrate all my Linux services to a new Debian 8 Jessie Server. On this > server I installed and configured Dovecot 2.2.24. > > Now I search a way to migrate the two IMAP users I have on this server > preserving all timestamps, folders and flags. Yes, only two ;-) > I read the following two articles: > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Sync > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync > > But I must say, that either these articles are not so good, or I act > quite dumb. > I understand that I have to use "doveadm backup" against my old server > to make a one sync with all properties of each mail. > What I miss are proper examples and that there are so many options, I > could set. > But what confuses me most is the the configuration file in > (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync) which I don't know how to > reference? > Am I using the wrong guides, are the article someway misleading or is > there anything else I'm overlooking? > > Thank you so much! >
Hi! here's a quick guide for easy sync: Make sure your config is up to date. # first round doveadm -o imapc_hostname=hostname -o imapc_password=password -o imapc_username=username backup -u local-username imapc: if you want to use master password, use imapc_username *and* imapc_master_username. # second round doveadm -o imapc_hostname=hostname -o imapc_password=password -o imapc_username=username sync -1 -u local-username imapc: This all assumes that doveadm user local-username produces valid results --- Aki Tuomi Dovecot oy
