Mail server migration to a new server

vai0l0 · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 21

I'm migrating postfix from a gentoo box to another,
all mail files are in maildir format.
I'd like to move all old messages from the old server to the new one

Consider that the password for our user on the two boxes are different:
the old one is on unix passwd file (and often the user can't remember his password), on the new one is integrated with our active directory.

I've taken a look over some imap migration tools but none is good enough for me.

Do you have any suggestion?

ciao
AleX

nevynxxx · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

How about just copying the files as root, and changing the permisions when they are on the destination machine??
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vai0l0 · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 21

I've tried with my account but there are a lot of collateral problems:
the email client redownload everything again and mark everything as not read.

Any alternative?
I would accept also an imap sync tool that work smoothly

dashnu · l33t Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 703 Location: Casco Maine

I am migrating servers also. What a nightmare, I am going from gentoo's virtual mail to postfix / cyrus-imapd. Two totaly differnt servers. I used evolution to copy all mails from server to server. Luck I have only a userbase of 10. I could not find any good way to do it. It sucked!
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