Lars Schimmer schreef: > Paul van der Vlis wrote: >> Hello, > >> 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? > >> Alternative is imapcopy. But I see you need a list of all users and >> passwords. That's a lot work to make (650 users). Isn't it possible to >> use the admin-user to copy everything? > > Which reminds me of my wish to upgrade from sarge to etch. > - From Cyrus 2.1.18 to Cyrus 2.2.13. Etch has both 2.1.18 and 2.2.13, so you can upgrade to Etch before you upgrade Cyrus to 2.2.13. > AFAIK there was a db change involved, or? > Has anyone done this with his server, any problems to expect? I did it without real problems. But I have seen that some (not all) clients are a lot slower when they switch to another folder (Thunderbird client is used). I am not sure what the reason is. It is not an authentication-issue because testsaslauthd works fast. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- http://www.vandervlis.nl/ ---- 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
