Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-17 Thread Richard Hobbs
Hello, OK, I've found the problem... If i migrate all email from one server to another, preserving msg UIDs, then the msg UIDs are ignored by the POP3 client if it has it's hostname/IP changed in order to point to the new server. So... mail client points to 192.168.1.1. mail is all downloaded bu

Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Richard Hobbs
Hello, We've also tried setting the size of the msgs to be the same, just in case that made a difference. Here is some output from our old mail server during the test: == uidl +OK uidl command accepted. 1 a=="!(3N"!&D'"!87D"! 2 _

Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Richard Hobbs
Hello, Thanks again - your reply will help greatly. I have a rather more annoying problem at the moment, best described by my conversation in the dovecot IRC channel... i've telnetted to 110 on old server the "uidl" command shows 3 UIDLs uidl command also shows 3 UIDLs from new server... trou

Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 15:39 +, Richard Hobbs wrote: > > That's better actually, you don't then have to add those ~/mail/ > > compabilitity namespaces. > > Well, i haven't added any ~/mail/ compatibility namespaces knowingly... > i guess they might be in the default config (my version has been

Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Richard Hobbs
Hello, Thanks for the reply... everything seem to be working with regard to my previous questions now, which is great. Regarding the ~/mail/ issues though, you said: > That's better actually, you don't then have to add those ~/mail/ > compabilitity namespaces. Well, i haven't added any ~/mail/

Re: [Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Aug 14, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Richard Hobbs wrote: Where should i convert my mbox mailboxes into? "/home/username/ Maildir/" or "/somewhere/maildirs/"? Does it actually matter? Is there a standard location that they *should* go? It doesn't matter. Maildir/ is a bit more standard, but Doveco

[Dovecot] More Migration Questions

2009-08-14 Thread Richard Hobbs
Hello, I was on here a month or two ago asking lots of questions about migrating from uw-imapd/qpopper/mbox to dovecot/maildir. I am now at the stage where i'm trying to convert all my emails, but i have a few questions... Where should i convert my mbox mailboxes into? "/home/username/Maildir/" o