hi list, I've just registered to the list, so please be tolerant ;) I'm currently in the process of planning the migration from courier to dovecot as POP/IMAP-Server. I'm migration from Courier 0.58 (Debian-Etch-packages) to Dovecot 1.1.13 (Debian Lenny Backport). The conversion of the Mailbox from Courier to Dovecot will be done with "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl"-script[1], which works fine. However after running "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl" the Courier-Files still remain in the Maildir. Can i just delete those Courier-specific-files or does dovecot need them somehow (do you normally get rid of these after conversion)? It's about these files: courierimapacl courierimapsubscribed courierimapuiddb courierpop3dsizelist And those directories: courierimaphieracl courierimaphieracl Can i simply delete those with "find" ? Furthermore: is it possible to convert back from Dovecot-Format to Courier-Format? Thanks in advance, Werner [1] http://www.dovecot.org/tools/courier-dovecot-migrate.pl
> The conversion of the Mailbox from Courier to Dovecot will be done with > "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl"-script[1], which works fine. However after > running "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl" the Courier-Files still remain in > the Maildir.expressed unlucky :-) sure, dovecot doesn't need these files after the migration. I have to test, if it's possible to convert from a previously "courier to dovecot migrated maildir" back to courier-format.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20-1-2010 17:20, Werner Detter wrote:> hi list, > > I've just registered to the list, so please be tolerant ;) I'm currently > in the process of planning the migration from courier to dovecot as > POP/IMAP-Server. I'm migration from Courier 0.58 (Debian-Etch-packages) > to Dovecot 1.1.13 (Debian Lenny Backport). > > The conversion of the Mailbox from Courier to Dovecot will be done with > "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl"-script[1], which works fine. However after > running "courier-dovecot-migrate.pl" the Courier-Files still remain in > the Maildir. > > Can i just delete those Courier-specific-files or does dovecot need them > somehow (do you normally get rid of these after conversion)? > > It's about these files: > courierimapacl > courierimapsubscribed > courierimapuiddb > courierpop3dsizelist > > And those directories: > courierimaphieracl > courierimaphieracl > > Can i simply delete those with "find" ?I 'migrated' a few years back from Courier to Dovecot without a script. A few weeks ago I noticed those same files, and removed them with `find`. I haven't noticed any degradation whatsoever :P. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktXgzgACgkQkPq5zKsAFijVzwCghnlpxhinrnAzGE702j3gfQ23 HRMAniY4fZ3f4bjKpwH1GllXyiTiCvbB =MpBR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----