dovecot - Aug 2015 - logging into user mailboxes with admin credentials

Hey folks,

We are planning a migration away from Dovecot (sorry) to Google Apps and 
are trying to figure out how to migrate the contents of user mailboxes 
to the new provider. Normally we would use an IMAP migration tool to log 
into each user's mailbox on the old and new providers and transfer the 
data that way.

However, there is no central directory service; all accounts are local. 
We have a large number of users and for both management and security 
reasons it's not feasible to compile a list of all IMAP passwords.

Is there a way to log into user IMAP accounts on Dovecot using a central 
administrative credential?

Thanks!

Warmest and bestest,
Noam
510-332-3828 cell



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look at master_users

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers



On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Noam Birnbaum <noam at
maccentricsolutions.com
> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> We are planning a migration away from Dovecot (sorry) to Google Apps and
> are trying to figure out how to migrate the contents of user mailboxes to
> the new provider. Normally we would use an IMAP migration tool to log into
> each user's mailbox on the old and new providers and transfer the data
that
> way.
>
> However, there is no central directory service; all accounts are local. We
> have a large number of users and for both management and security reasons
> it's not feasible to compile a list of all IMAP passwords.
>
> Is there a way to log into user IMAP accounts on Dovecot using a central
> administrative credential?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Warmest and bestest,
> Noam
> 510-332-3828 cell
>
>
>
> Noam Birnbaum
> Mac Daddy
> http://www.maccentricsolutions.com
> 877.luv.macs x666
> tweet @noamb
>
> Tech support ---> 877.luv.macs or support at maccentricsolutions.com
>
> Luvvv us? _Yelp us!_ <
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/maccentric-solutions-san-francisco>
>


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