Re: POP3 to CyrusIMAP migration howto ?

From: Michael Menge (no email)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2007 - 03:14:51 EDT

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    Hi,

    i know too different konzepts of migrating mailservers. They both have
    pros and cons.

    1. split mbox, copy, reconstruct
        depending on how your POP-server stores the mails, you have to split
        each mailbox into single files for every e-mail. Then you copy the files
        to the cyrus folder and run reconstruct.
        But you will loose the seen status and you may have to change the files
        depending on the fileformat of the original inbox.

    2. use POP/IMAP-Protokoll to copy the e-mails from one server to another.
        I have only tested this for Imap-Imap transfers, but mailutil (part of the
        UW-Imap) can handle different types of servers.
        You must know the passwords, or be able to gain access to the
        POP/IMAP account

    Quoting BipinDas <>:

    >> BipinDas schrieb:
    >>
    >>> Hi All,
    >>> I would like to migrate my existing POP3 inboxs to newly created Cyrus
    >>> IMAP mailbox. Is anybody gone across this requirement.
    >>> Please give me a right solution.
    >>> Thanks in advance.
    >>> --
    >>>
    >>
    > Sir,
    > I do have more than 10,000 mailboxes. May be a stupid question,but i
    > have to found an answer.
    >
    > --

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