Hello, I recommend using imapsync.
Vladki
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16. října 2020 10:25:06 SELČ, David Moyes <info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxx> napsal:
>
> I have an old server that was started by accident and it has received a
> number of messages instead of the new server. I want to move those
> messages to the new server.
>
> I can tar up the messages with something like:
>
> $ cd /path/to/cyrus/mail/j/user/joe
> $ find . -type f -newermt "2020-09-01" \! -name '*.index' \! -name
> '*.cache' -exec tar -rvf /somewhere/messages.tar {} \;
>
> So I end up with an archive of cyrus messages with file names like
> ".12345".
>
> I thought I might be able to pump them in using "deliver" but that goes
> through the lmtp server, so requires an envelope which I don't have. It
> would also be a faff to connect to it because it's nailed down to allow
> connections from the Postfix server only and requires auth (LMTPSA).
>
> I can use Postfix "sendmail" to drop them into Postfix "maildrop" and
> it
> works great, except that duplicates aren't detected. The "Message-ID"
> is
> the same but there is an inserted "Resent-Message-Id" header at the
> bottom of the headers (immediately before the blank line separating the
> body). It is clear this relates to my use of sendmail (the id contains
> today's date and time and my domain).
>
> $ sendmail -t joe < .12345
>
> I'll probably just do this (and accept potential duplicates) if I can't
> find a better method.
>
> Is there a way I can pump these message files directly into my Cyrus
> imap server ?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
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