Advice on transition

[John Lederer]

Robert Scussel wrote:

> There are actual multiple ways to do this.  From what I understand you 
> have 2 boxes, one the original server, and a new one.
>
> You may want to do this in two stages. Cyrus provides a lot of tools 
> to upgrade between versions.  That being said, you may want to 
> replicate Cyrus-2.0.16 on the new box, and then synch everything over, 
> test, and then upgrade. I typically upgrade by specifying the prefix 
> to be /usr/cyrus-version, then soft link /usr/cyrus -> 
> /usr/cyrus-version. This allows you to back out on most changes 
> without wipeing out your current install.

That "multiple ways" may be what I need!  I am ignorant and slow and 
almost always hit complications in my ignorance. I do not trust the 
speed at which I could upgrade 2.0 to 2.1.  Since I would have to shut 
down email while I did the upgrade....

So what I would really prefer would be some way to copy the mailboxes 
then <insert here magical way to convert mailboxes from 2.0 setup to 2.1 
setup>.


John

John