Hi Rudolf, Thank you for the quick response.
Let me try that. On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 17:00, <rud...@padaru.de> wrote: > Hey, > > for an import between two servers i would use imapsync. With doveadm flag ( > https://wiki.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Flags) you can mark the mails as > unseen but be careful here, you can simple overwrite all other flags here > too, maybe an other way is better here. > > > > With doveadm backup / doveadm sync you can convert the mails between the > formats like this way: > > > > dsync backup -u "<user>" maildir:~/maildir-NEW > > > > after converting the mails you can rename the mdbox folder to mdbox-OLD or > something (backup) and rename the maildir-NEW folder to maildir > > > > Yours sincerely > > Pascal Rudolf > > > > > > > > > > *Von:* dovecot <dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org> *Im Auftrag von *Odhiambo > Washington > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 24. September 2020 15:25 > *An:* Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org> > *Betreff:* Importing Mail > > > > Hi good people, > > > > I have an old server that holds old mail (mdbox) and a new server that > also uses mdbox. > > I'd like to import the old mail from the old server into the live/new > server. The imported mail should not be treated as new mail for the > existing mail accounts. > > > > What is the best way to achieve this? > > > > Lastly, is there a way to convert mdbox to Maildir? > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)
