dovecot - Jan 2011 - Converting from Maildir - sdbox

OK - I thought this was going to be easy. Maybe it is. I'm just not that 
good at reading directions.

Trying to use dsync. Getting this error:

Mail locations must use the same virtual mailbox hierarchy separator 
(specify separator for the default namespace)

Currently using maildir. The setup is as follows:

mail_uid = mail
mail_gid = mail
mail_location = maildir:/vhome/%d/home/%n:INDEX=/imap-cache/%d-%n

I don't have any namespace setting. Not quite sure what a namespace is 
or why I need one.

This is what I'm trying to run:

dsync -u marc at perkel.com backup sdbox:/email/%d/home/%n

What I'm hoping to do is do a mass conversion while running. Then shut 
it down - do a second quick pass - and bring it up in sdbox format.

Thanks in advance.

see the posts replying to my question on using dsync for converting
from sdbox to mdbox 

however, I face a coredump (with 2.0.8) while
converting large imap accounts (and stuck there...) 

On Tue, 04 Jan
2011 10:51:58 -0800, Marc Perkel wrote: 
> OK - I thought this was
going to be easy. Maybe it is. I'm just not that 
> good at reading
directions.
> 
> Trying to use dsync. Getting this error:
> 
> Mail
locations must use the same virtual mailbox hierarchy separator
>
(specify separator for the default namespace)
> 
> Currently using
maildir. The setup is as follows:
> 
> mail_uid = mail
> mail_gid mail
> mail_location maildir:/vhome/%d/home/%n:INDEX=/imap-cache/%d-%n
> 
> I don't have any
namespace setting. Not quite sure what a namespace is 
> or why I need
one.
> 
> This is what I'm trying to run:
> 
> dsync -u marc at perkel.com
[1] backup sdbox:/email/%d/home/%n
> 
> What I'm hoping to do is do a
mass conversion while running. Then shut 
> it down - do a second quick
pass - and bring it up in sdbox format.
> 
> Thanks in
advance.


Links:
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[1] mailto:marc at perkel.com