>
>
>> >> > 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.
>>
>> --
>> Tomas
>
> You are correct, of course, and I should heed my own adage of "Never Drink
> and Debug." The log indicated a permissions problem.
>
> The question remains, does anyone have a script for migrating mail folders
> from OpenWebMail to SquirrelMail?
I suspect that OpenWebMail uses mbox format and extra indexes. Dovecot can
be set to use mbox mail folders. See default_mail_env setting. Maildir is
faster on larger mailboxes.
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