Transitioning mail servers

[Jens Kleikamp]

Bradley Alexander wrote:
> I have been running Kolab for the last four years on a Toshiba Tecra
> 8100 with 256 MB of RAM. I don't know whether its getting long in the
> tooth, or whether there is a hardware problem, but the machine seems to
> be letting a large amount of spam through to my inbox...In addition, the
> load average goes crazy when a lot of mail comes through (10-20) and the
> machine is rendered unusable until it clears.
> 
> I have another box I can use, my part time video processing box, dual
> PIII/966 with 2GB of RAM.
> 
> My question is what is the best way to transition email to the new
> server? Set Kolab up on the second box, then transfer the entire mail
> store over? is here a way to automate this and have a smooth transition
> from one server to the other?
> 
> Also, are there future plans to make the Debian package a little more
> Debian-friendly? For instance to get rid of the rpms and use deb
> packages? Is there a reason to use rpms rather than debs?
> 
> Thanks,
> --b
Hi

I think you are also looking forward to a newer version of kolab, since 
your setup is years old.
You need to backup your stuff und restore it on the new kolab server.

http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Backups_for_kolab2


--Jens