Wanted to thank everyone for their help. I tarred /home/vpopmail/domains updated the assign file and so far everything is working smoothly. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. Thanks again.
Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Kettmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Migration > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Migration > > > (quoting fixed) > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:35:27 -0500 > "Dave Kettmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:08 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [vchkpw] Migration > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am presently running. vpopmail 5.2.1 with qmailadmin 1.0.6. I have > > just built a new box running vpopmail 5.4.0 and qmailadmin > 1.2.0. The > > new box is running without a problem. I would like to move > my current > > domains to the new box. I was planning on tarballing the domains > > folder and then untarballing it on the new machine. I > assume that its > > not this simple any help would be appreciated. > > I believe this can work, but make sure that the path to > ~vpopmail is the > same on both servers. Also don't forget to copy your changes in > /var/qmail/users/assign. > > > > It depends on how you are storing your passwords. I did a > move from > > > one machine to another (not sure what versions) and if qmailadmin > > > and vpopmail are working fine on the new box, I had no > problem just > > > tarring up the mail structure (/home/vpopmail/*) and putting it on > > > the new machine. Just dont forget to copy the passwords over :) I > > > may be wrong in this, but it did seem to work for me. If I'm wrong > > > .. someone please correct me. > > Don't you mean tarring the mail structure _/home/vpopmail/domains_? > Simply tarring /home/vpopmail/* will will defeat his upgrade, as the > vpopmail bin directory is part of what you just tarred. Yes, I did mean that, sorry to confuse anyone. :-) > > HTH, > Jacob > > -- > GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 > > Random .signature #57: > Windows NT encountered the following error: The operation completed > successfully. >
