@lbutlr:
> I=E2=80=99m going to setup a new machine and move all the mail onto it. =
> I=E2=80=99ll go with the latest FreeBSD (11.0-RELEASE currently). I am =
> currently running postfix-current-3.2.20161204.
>
> My plan is:
>
> 1) Setup FreeBSD on new hardware
> 2) install all mail related ports (dovecot, openssl, etc)
> 3) install postfix from source
> 4) copy my postfix configuration & mysql databases
> 5) copy other config files for dovecot/etc
> 6) copy all user mail folders to new machine
> 7) stop mail on the old machine when mail is empty
> 8) rsync all user mail folders to new hardware to catch any last mails
> 9) bring up mail on new machine
> 10) fix whatever is not working
> 11) Do 9 & 10 until all seems good
>
> Does this seem reasonable?
You could install Postfix from ports, if they provide Postfix 3.1.
Otherwise, freebsd-update might interfere.
> Since I am taking the server offline, I think I do not need to deal with =
> the spool files?
You mean the mail queue? If you can, just let it drain after
turning off the inbound SMTP port.
Wietse
