Hello, I also have issues using Dovecot Backup. I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single user IMAP account from a remote server, unknown type, to my own server. For that purpose, I defined the following parameters : imapc_host = <host name> imapc_user = <user name> imapc_password = <password> imapc_features = rfc822.size (<user name> has format: name at example.com, and <host name> is the name of the imap remote server that I use for getting mails) ? and then? I issued the following command: doveadm backup -R -u <user name, format name at example.com> imapc: ... but doing this, I get the following answer: dsync(<user name>): Info: imapc(<host name>:143): Connected to <host IP address>:143 (local 192.168.1.2:52940) dsync(<user name>): Error: Failed to initialize user: namespace configuration error: Namespace mail/ can't have alias_for= to a different storage (different root dirs) How can I solve this? If there is something not matching between servers, I may eventually change configuration on my side, but I think I would first have to know which feature(s) I have to know from the remote server in order to create the matching one on my server. Is there a way to list all relevant data coming from the remote server? Also: Doing this, is it necessary that the source user name be the same as the destination user name? Is it possible to backup an IMAP account to a user account having a completely different name? Regards, Gingko -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200607/cf78d443/attachment.html>
>>>>> "Gingko" == Gingko <ldiff001 at gingko.ovh> writes:Gingko> I also have issues using Dovecot Backup. Gingko> I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single Gingko> user IMAP account from a remote server, unknown type, to my Gingko> own server. I think this is the key problem here, doveadm only talks to dovecot servers, both source and destination. You might want to try the tool 'imapsync' instead. I'd get it from the github site, or see if it's packaged on your client end. https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync This is a much simpler way to pull down a single IMAP account. John
> On 7. Jun 2020, at 16.13, Gingko <ldiff001 at gingko.ovh> wrote: > > Hello, > > I also have issues using Dovecot Backup. > > I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single user IMAP account from a remote server, unknown type, to my own server. > > For that purpose, I defined the following parameters : > > imapc_host = <host name> > imapc_user = <user name> > imapc_password = <password> > imapc_features = rfc822.size > > (<user name> has format: name at example.com <mailto:name at example.com>, and <host name> is the name of the imap remote server that I use for getting mails) > > ? and then I issued the following command: > > doveadm backup -R -u <user name, format name at example.com <mailto:name at example.com>> imapc: > > ... but doing this, I get the following answer: > > dsync(<user name>): Info: imapc(<host name>:143): Connected to <host IP address>:143 (local 192.168.1.2:52940) > dsync(<user name>): Error: Failed to initialize user: namespace configuration error: Namespace mail/ can't have alias_for= to a different storage (different root dirs) > > How can I solve this? > > If there is something not matching between servers, I may eventually change configuration on my side, but I think I would first have to know which feature(s) I have to know from the remote server in order to create the matching one on my server. > > Is there a way to list all relevant data coming from the remote server? > > Also: > > Doing this, is it necessary that the source user name be the same as the destination user name? Is it possible to backup an IMAP account to a user account having a completely different name? >Nope. Source and destination usernames can be different. Please post your doveconf -n as this is probably an error on your local config. Sami -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200608/d3c6ac8b/attachment.html>
> On 7. Jun 2020, at 18.20, John Stoffel <john at stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>>> "Gingko" == Gingko <ldiff001 at gingko.ovh> writes: > > Gingko> I also have issues using Dovecot Backup. > > Gingko> I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single > Gingko> user IMAP account from a remote server, unknown type, to my > Gingko> own server. > > > I think this is the key problem here, doveadm only talks to dovecot > servers, both source and destination. You might want to try the tool > 'imapsync' instead. I'd get it from the github site, or see if it's > packaged on your client end.This is incorrect. Doveadm dsync can be used to pull mails from remote imap server that is not dovecot.> https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync > > This is a much simpler way to pull down a single IMAP account... but imapsync does not migrate all data. Sami
Hello,
Sorry for the reply delay, I had to worry about something else ?
Here is my *doveconf -n*:
# 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.4 ()
# OS: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.4
# Hostname: /[my-host-name]/
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
imapc_features = rfc822.size fetch-headers
imapc_host = /[remote-imap-host]/
imapc_password = # hidden, use -P to show it
imapc_user = /[my-remote-user-name]/@/[with-domain]/
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_prefetch_count = 20
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace compat1 {
? alias_for ? hidden = yes
? list = no
? location ? prefix = mail/
? separator = /
}
namespace compat2 {
? alias_for ? hidden = yes
? list = no
? location ? prefix = Mail/
? separator = /
}
namespace inbox {
? inbox = yes
? location ? mailbox "&AMk-l&AOk-ments envoy&AOk-s" {
??? special_use = \Sent
? }
? mailbox "&AMk-l&AOk-ments supprim&AOk-s" {
??? special_use = \Trash
? }
? mailbox Brouillons {
??? special_use = \Drafts
? }
? mailbox "Courrier ind&AOk-sirable" {
??? special_use = \Junk
? }
? prefix }
passdb {
? driver = pam
}
passdb {
? args = scheme=MD5-CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
? driver = passwd-file
}
plugin {
? sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
}
ssl_ca = </etc/letsencrypt/live/default/chain.pem
ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/default/cert.pem
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
? driver = passwd
}
userdb {
? args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
? driver = passwd-file
}
There is certainly something trivial there, but I'm not very used to
advanced usage of Dovecot.
Regards,
Gingko> Le 08/06/2020 ? 10:32, Sami Ketola a ?crit?:
>> On 7. Jun 2020, at 16.13, Gingko <ldiff001 at gingko.ovh
>> <mailto:ldiff001 at gingko.ovh>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I also have issues using Dovecot Backup.
>>
>> I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single user IMAP
>> account from a remote server, unknown type, to my own server.
>>
>> For that purpose, I defined the following parameters :
>>
>> imapc_host = <host name>
>> imapc_user =<user name>
>> imapc_password = <password>
>> imapc_features = rfc822.size
>>
>> (<user name>?has format: name at example.com <mailto:name at
example.com>,
>> and?<host name>?is the name of the imap remote server that I use
for
>> getting mails)
>>
>> ? and then? I issued the following command:
>>
>> doveadm backup -R -u <user name, formatname at example.com
>> <mailto:name at example.com>> imapc:
>>
>> ... but doing this, I get the following answer:
>>
>> dsync(<user name>): Info: imapc(<host name>:143): Connected
to <host
>> IP address>:143 (local 192.168.1.2:52940)
>> dsync(<user name>): Error: Failed to initialize user: namespace
>> configuration error: Namespace mail/ can't have alias_for= to a
>> different storage (different root dirs)
>>
>> How can I solve this?
>>
>> If there is something not matching between servers, I may eventually
>> change configuration on my side, but I think I would first have to
>> know which feature(s) I have to know from the remote server in order
>> to create the matching one on my server.
>>
>> Is there a way to list all relevant data coming from the remote server?
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> Doing this, is it necessary that the source user name be the same as
>> the destination user name? Is it possible to backup an IMAP account
>> to a user account having a completely different name?
>>
>
> Nope. Source and destination usernames can be different. Please post
> your doveconf -n as this is probably an error on your local config.
>
> Sami
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Hello,
Sorry for the reply delay, I had to worry about something else ???
Here is my *doveconf -n*:
# 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.4 ()
# OS: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.4
# Hostname:/[my-host-name]/
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
imapc_features = rfc822.size fetch-headers
imapc_host =/[remote-imap-host]/
imapc_password = # hidden, use -P to show it
imapc_user =/[my-remote-user-name]/@/[with-domain]/
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_prefetch_count = 20
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace compat1 {
alias_for hidden = yes
list = no
location prefix = mail/
separator = /
}
namespace compat2 {
alias_for hidden = yes
list = no
location prefix = Mail/
separator = /
}
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location mailbox "&AMk-l&AOk-ments
envoy&AOk-s" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "&AMk-l&AOk-ments supprim&AOk-s" {
special_use = \Trash
}
mailbox Brouillons {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox "Courrier ind&AOk-sirable" {
special_use = \Junk
}
prefix }
passdb {
driver = pam
}
passdb {
args = scheme=MD5-CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
plugin {
sieve =file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
}
ssl_ca = </etc/letsencrypt/live/default/chain.pem
ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/default/cert.pem
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
userdb {
args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
There is certainly something trivial there, but I'm not very used to
advanced usage of Dovecot.
Regards,
Gingko> Le 08/06/2020 ? 10:32, Sami Ketola a ??crit :
>> On 7. Jun 2020, at 16.13, Gingko <ldiff001 at gingko.ovh
>> <mailto:ldiff001 at gingko.ovh>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I also have issues using Dovecot Backup.
>>
>> I am trying to Backup (or possibly Sync - one way) a single user IMAP
>> account from a remote server, unknown type, to my own server.
>>
>> For that purpose, I defined the following parameters :
>>
>> imapc_host = <host name>
>> imapc_user =<user name>
>> imapc_password = <password>
>> imapc_features = rfc822.size
>>
>> (<user name> has format: name at example.com <mailto:name at
example.com>,
>> and <host name> is the name of the imap remote server that I use
for
>> getting mails)
>>
>> ??? and then I issued the following command:
>>
>> doveadm backup -R -u <user name, formatname at example.com
>> <mailto:name at example.com>> imapc:
>>
>> ... but doing this, I get the following answer:
>>
>> dsync(<user name>): Info: imapc(<host name>:143): Connected
to <host
>> IP address>:143 (local 192.168.1.2:52940)
>> dsync(<user name>): Error: Failed to initialize user: namespace
>> configuration error: Namespace mail/ can't have alias_for= to a
>> different storage (different root dirs)
>>
>> How can I solve this?
>>
>> If there is something not matching between servers, I may eventually
>> change configuration on my side, but I think I would first have to
>> know which feature(s) I have to know from the remote server in order
>> to create the matching one on my server.
>>
>> Is there a way to list all relevant data coming from the remote server?
>>
>> Also:
>>
>> Doing this, is it necessary that the source user name be the same as
>> the destination user name? Is it possible to backup an IMAP account
>> to a user account having a completely different name?
>>
>
> Nope. Source and destination usernames can be different. Please post
> your doveconf -n as this is probably an error on your local config.
>
> Sami