Kolab 3.0 Mail copy

[Dirk Werner]

On 08/21/2012 11:06 AM, Kacper Wysocki wrote:
>> new version, both running parallel under kvm on a debian host. The
>> syncing of calendar and addressbook data is not of importancy, just
>> the
>> mail pool needs to be copied. Am I right, that in this case, just
>> recursively copying them from one machine to the other, is
>> sufficient?
> In theory yes, it's the same format, in practice I would do a test run first, eg do an rsync from old to new rig and check if folders and flags were read correctly. If you're going with cyrus it should work fine. Dovecot might have some incompatabilities, seeing as it's just not the same.
> Not sure, but I think you might have to rebuild the IMAP indexes.
>
> I've done cyrus->cyrus migrations but anyone who's tried cyrus->dovecot could answer things with certanity.
> I suggest just giving it a go, but testing it and maybe getting some closed beta testers before you unleash the migration on all your users.
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Hi Kacper,
many thanks for these hints! It's cyrus on both machines, I'll try the
test copying tonight!
Best regards
Dirk