migrating from dovecot to cyrus

[Patrick T. Tsang]

> The biggest show stopper (apart from the hard work...) is the loss of the
> "Seen" flag.
>

use imapsync to re-match imap flag and subscribe the imap folder.

Patrick



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ciprian Vizitiu" <cvizitiu at gbif.org>
To: <info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: migrating from dovecot to cyrus


>
>> > What would be an recommended way to move maildirs (one file per
>> > message) to the cyrus storage for several thousand maildirs?
>>
>> FYI: cyrus doesn't use maildir format...
>
> ... True. But if you're really desperate and since the messages in
> maildir(s) are all separated files (not one big mbox) all you have to do 
> is:
>
> 1. Stop maildir delivery
> 2. Create the same folder structure in /var/spool/whatever (probably by
> altering the mailbox list file via text export/import)
> 3. Copy all the message files from maildir (while giving them a name in 
> the
> line of the ones used by Cyrus)
> 4. reconstruct.
>
> The biggest show stopper (apart from the hard work...) is the loss of the
> "Seen" flag.
>
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