On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:13:38 +0100, "Paul van der Vlis" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Adam Tauno Williams schreef: > >> I want to move all mail to a new server. Old server has Cyrus 2.1.18 > >> (Debian Sarge), new server has Cyrus 2.2.13 (Debian Etch). > >> In the past, I just copied all files in > >> /var/spool/cyrus/ > >> /var/lib/cyrus > >> But, is this a good way? > > > > It probably works. > > That's true, but maybe I keep old database-formats ? > > >> Alternative is imapcopy. But I see you need a list of all users and > >> passwords. That's a lot work to make (650 users). > > > > Or just connect as a user with administrative access. We did a > > migration with imapcopy, no need to know all the user's passwords. > > > >> Isn't it possible to use the admin-user to copy everything? > > > > Yep. > > Nice to hear, thanks! > > Can I use something like this in ImapCopy.cfg ? > > ############################# > # List of users and passwords > ############################# > # SourceUser SourcePassword DestinationUser DestinationPw > Copy "cyrus" "cyruspw" "cyrus" "cyruspw" Does this copy all seen information as well? Seen is per-user in Cyrus, so you won't see it if the admin user does the copying. (and I hate losing seen information!) Bron ( yes, I do have an alternative to suggest ) -- Bron Gondwana brong@xxxxxxxxxxx ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
