Okay, i need some further help. What i've tried with your hint:
Executing on cmd of director&proxy server: /usr/bin/doveadm -Dv -o mail_location=imapc: copy -u "dest_user_shard2" "dest_folder" user "source_user_shard1" mailbox "source_folder" ALL /usr/bin/doveadm -Dv -o mail_location=imapc: -o imapc_host=<director-dns> -o imapc_user="source_user_shard1" -o imapc_password="source_user_shard1_password" copy -u "dest_user_shard2" "dest_folder" user "source_user_shard1" mailbox "source_folder" ALL I've also tried to execute "doveadm -c" with copied and modified configuration on director&proxy server without "'y' AS proxy" in sql password_query configuration part - without luck. This leads all to same debug output and result as command in first post. After that i changed to cmd of backend server of dest_user_shard2 and tried: /usr/bin/doveadm -Dv -o mail_location=imapc: -o imapc_host=<backend-shard1-dns> -o imapc_user="source_user_shard1" -o imapc_password="source_user_shard1_password" copy -u "dest_user_shard2" "dest_folder" user "source_user_shard1" mailbox "source_folder" ALL [..] Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2442101><qAs8KVZtH2F1QyUA5QDIzw>: Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Authenticated successfully Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2442101><qAs8KVZtH2F1QyUA5QDIzw>: Debug: imapc: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2442101><qAs8KVZtH2F1QyUA5QDIzw>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: Mailbox opened because: copy Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: Mailbox opened because: copy Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 1: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Copying message UID 1 from 'source_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 2: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Copying message UID 2 from 'source_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 3: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Copying message UID 3 from 'source_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 4: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Copying message UID 4 from 'source_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 5: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Copying message UID 5 from 'source_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Syncing mailbox 'dest_folder' failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: dest_folder (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Disconnected Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Disconnected Aug 20 08:52:38 doveadm(2442101): Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb (pid=2630417,uid=0): Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=9) after creating dest_folder in source_user_shard1 mailbox output changed to: [..] Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2446702><0AmaCStuH2FuVSUA5QDIzw>: Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Authenticated successfully Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2446702><0AmaCStuH2FuVSUA5QDIzw>: Debug: imapc: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(source_user_shard1)<2446702><0AmaCStuH2FuVSUA5QDIzw>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: Mailbox opened because: copy Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: Mailbox opened because: copy Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 1: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: saving UID 1: Opened mail Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 2: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: saving UID 2: Opened mail Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 3: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: saving UID 3: Opened mail Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 4: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: saving UID 4: Opened mail Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox source_folder: UID 5: Opened mail because: copying Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: Mailbox dest_folder: saving UID 5: Opened mail Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: replication: Replication requested by 'cmd_copy_box', priority=2 Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: Syncing mailbox 'dest_folder' failed: BUG: Unknown internal error Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Disconnected Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: imapc(<backend-shard1-dns>:143): Disconnected Aug 20 08:56:11 doveadm(2446702): Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb (pid=2630417,uid=0): Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=9) This time e-mails get copied in source_user_shard1 from source_folder to dest_folder although dest_user_shard2 is given in doveadm command and is different from source_user_shard1. It is not what I expected and desired. So yeah i haven't get the whole picture right now. Maybe you can give me some details. Christian ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: Aki Tuomi aki.tu...@open-xchange.com Gesendet: Freitag, 20. August 2021 09:06:31 An: c.kuepp...@onoffice.de Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Betreff: Re: AW: Problem with copy e-mails via doveadm The copy command gets proxied to the remote server because you used proxy=y. To do this kind of copying, you need to specify mail_location=imapc: and target to the director. Aki > On 20/08/2021 09:53 Christian Küppers c.kuepp...@onoffice.de wrote: > > > Maybe i missunderstood this message. For me this indicates that doveadm is searching on the wrong server (backend) for "source_user_shard1" 's and > folder "source_folder". From my understanding doveadm has to look on 192.168.0.11 or 192.168.0.12 (according to provided configuration), but the > message says 192.168.0.21 which is backend for "dest_user_shard2". > > > > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- > Von: Aki Tuomi aki.tu...@open-xchange.com > Gesendet: Freitag, 20. August 2021 08:39:41 > An: c.kuepp...@onoffice.de, dovecot@dovecot.org > Betreff: Re: AW: Problem with copy e-mails via doveadm > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: passdb > lookup(dest_user_shard2): Finished passdb lookup (user=dest_user_shard2 > proxy=y director_tag=shard2 proxy_refresh=450 host=192.168.0.21) > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: > remote(192.168.0.21:24245): Mailbox source_folder: Mailbox sync failed: > Mailbox doesn't exist: source_folder > > Does this help? > > Aki > > > On 20/08/2021 09:12 Christian Küppers c.kuepp...@onoffice.de wrote: > > > > > > Try to republish due to unreadable message (in html format) in mailing > list archive > > maybe someone can take a better look at it now > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Hi, > > > > i want to copy e-mails from user "source_user_shard1" and folder > "source_folder" lying on backend servers (shard1) to another > > user "dest_user_shard2" and folder "dest_folder" lying on different > backend servers (shard2) via command line tool doveadm copy > > executed on dovecot proxy&director servers. But doveadm seems to look only > on "dest_user_shard2"'s backend for folder "source_folder" > > of user "source_user_shard1" and can not find it. To confirm this, i've > checked directories on filesystem on backend of "dest_user_shard2" > > and a folder for "source_user_shard1" was created including one folder > "mdbox" and only one file "dovecot.list.index.log" in it. Folder and file > > timestamps match the command debug output time. > > "doveadm list" executed for both users show the right folders > (source_folder and dest_folder exist in respective mailbox). > > > > Is it a bug or wrong usage of tool? Please advice. > > > > command executed on dovecot proxy&director server with debug output: > > /usr/bin/doveadm -Dv copy -u "dest_user_shard2" "dest_folder" user > "source_user_shard1" mailbox "source_folder" ALL > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Loading modules from directory: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Module loaded: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plugin.so > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Loading modules from directory: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because > dlopen() failed: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: > > undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just > ignore this message) > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Module loaded: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Module loaded: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so > > Aug 17 10:22:05 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because > dlopen() failed: > /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: > > undefined symbol: fts_user_get_language_list (this is usually intentional, > so just ignore this message) > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: passdb > lookup(dest_user_shard2): Started passdb lookup > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: conn > unix:/var/run/dovecot/director-userdb: Connecting > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: conn > unix:/var/run/dovecot/director-userdb (pid=647,uid=0): Client connected > > (fd=9) > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: passdb > lookup(dest_user_shard2): auth PASS input: user=dest_user_shard2 proxy=y > > director_tag=shard2 proxy_refresh=450 host=192.168.0.21 > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: passdb > lookup(dest_user_shard2): Finished passdb lookup (user=dest_user_shard2 > > proxy=y director_tag=shard2 proxy_refresh=450 host=192.168.0.21) > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Error: > remote(192.168.0.21:24245): Mailbox source_folder: Mailbox sync failed: > > Mailbox doesn't exist: source_folder > > Aug 17 10:22:05 doveadm(dest_user_shard2): Debug: auth-master: conn > unix:/var/run/dovecot/director-userdb (pid=647,uid=0): Disconnected: > > Connection closed (fd=9) > > <snip/> > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Christian Küppers > > Expert Administrator > > > > > > > > onOffice GmbH > > Charlottenburger Allee 5 | 52068 Aachen > > Tel. +49 (0)241 446 86-0 | Fax. +49 (0)241 446 86-250 > > E-Mail:c.kuepp...@onoffice.de| Web:www.onOffice.com > > > > > > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 21420 > > Geschäftsführer: Dipl.-Kfm. 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