I have built a new server (FreeBSD-12) running dovecot-2.3.4. My old server (FreeBSD-9.3) is running dovecot-2.3.4 as well. The configurations are 1:1 identical. The are about 250 users on this server, all virtual. They are mostly POP3 users, but they do "leave a copy of message on the server" for set various number of days. Now, to migrate the mail data, can I simply rsync the mail directories between the old and the new server? Would that create a pitfall?? What is the recommended method? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190219/9e35b60f/attachment.html>
> On 19 February 2019 10:38 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > I have built a new server (FreeBSD-12) running dovecot-2.3.4. > My old server (FreeBSD-9.3) is running dovecot-2.3.4 as well. > The configurations are 1:1 identical. > The are about 250 users on this?server, all virtual. They are mostly POP3 users, but they do "leave a copy of message on the server" > for set various number of days. > > Now, to?migrate?the mail data, can I simply rsync the mail directories between the old and the new server? Would that create a pitfall?? > > What is the recommended method? > > -- > > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-)If you are using maildir, rsync should work. AKi
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 11:39, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:> > > On 19 February 2019 10:38 Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < > dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > I have built a new server (FreeBSD-12) running dovecot-2.3.4. > > My old server (FreeBSD-9.3) is running dovecot-2.3.4 as well. > > The configurations are 1:1 identical. > > The are about 250 users on this server, all virtual. They are mostly > POP3 users, but they do "leave a copy of message on the server" > > for set various number of days. > > > > Now, to migrate the mail data, can I simply rsync the mail directories > between the old and the new server? Would that create a pitfall?? > > > > What is the recommended method? > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > > Nairobi,KE > > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > > "Oh, the cruft.",grep ^[^#] :-) > > If you are using maildir, rsync should work. > >Thank you. rsync it is. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20190219/259b1831/attachment.html>