[clug] imap headache

[Rasjid Wilcox]

On Saturday 07 February 2004 19:19, Andrew wrote:
> Hi All,
>          I recently setup a Exim 4 + Courier (IMAP + POP3) + MySQL mail
> server, all works nicely except that I have to transfer some old
> Sendmail + UW-IMAP accounts over (from mbox format).  I checked
> freshmeat.net and found a few programs that could do mbox to maildir
> conversion (and also direct account to account copying) -  however none
> of them seem to put it in the "dot foldername" (".folder") that
> courier-imap requires... even though that is apparently maildir format.
>   Has anyone else gone through this experience or has any advice on how
> to get around it?

Run both imap servers (either on the same box with one running on a 
non-standard port, or on two servers) and use imapsync.

See http://freshmeat.net/projects/imapsync/
or http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/

I used it to transfer mail (around 50,000 message) from UW-IMAP to 
Courier-IMAP with total success.

Cheers,

Rasjid.

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Rasjid Wilcox
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