>> > One unfortunately rather crucial step I overlooked in creating my new
>> > mail server with a nifty new webmail interface is the fact that I'd
>> > need to migrate my users' messages from one to the other.
>>
>> > Does anyone know of an automated way (or even a not-so-automated way)
>> > to move users' saved messages (separate folders, named all sorts of
>> > things) from OpenWebMail to SquirrelMail?
>>
>> What's the message storage used by OpenWebMail? Does it interface
> directly with > the filesystem, via POP3, via IMAP, via something else?
>>
>> If it's IMAP, there's nothing needed other than to point SquirrelMail at
> the
>> IMAP server.
>>
>> If it's IMAP, but you want to migrate to another, separate, IMAP server,
> have a > look at the imapsync program.
>>
>> If it's POP3, you can migrate the Inbox using the mail_fetch plugin.
>> Possibly even the other folders. Depending on the POP3 server used, you
> can
>> probably even access it via IMAP (Courier and Cyrus both allow this),
>> then
> see
>> above.
>>
>> If it's direct filesystem access to Maildir or mbox, you'll have lots of
>> trouble. :)
>
> Hi Freddie... Unfortunately it looks like OpenWebMail uses its own method
> of
> storage, interacting directly with the filesystem. I'm migrating from
> sendmail (POP3)/OpenWebMail to a new box that has
> postfix/dovecot/squirrelmail.
>
> I'm thinking I need to either write a script to handle it or find one
> already written. It looks like the mail's stored in the same format as
> squirrelmail's mail, but when I moved a test mailbox over, it didn't
> appear
> automatically... I looked in the Folders section and it had it available
> as
> a subscription. So instead of clicking the "subscribe" button I tried
> just
> adding the line to the .subscriptions file in the user's directory and
> reloaded the web page. It caused this error when I clicked the new folder
> ("Sent2") from the left hand side nav bar:
>
> ERROR: Could not complete request.
> Query: SELECT "Sent2"
> Reason Given: Internal error occured. Error report written to server log.
> [2006-06-23 19:21:20]
"Error report written to server log"
Check your server logs.
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