Migrating Cyrus to new server AND new mailboxes

Paul Dekkers Paul.Dekkers at surfnet.nl
Mon Dec 20 07:13:22 EST 2004


Hi,

Simon Matter wrote:

>>I have a working Cyrus IMAP 2.1.13. I would like to migrate to a new
>>server (new machine), running Cyrus IMAP 2.2.10. Additional trouble is I
>>would like to move existing users to new mailboxes/usernames. For
>>instance, I would like to do this:
>>
>>Old.ev.co.yu( IMAP 2.1.13 ): "user.nikola"
>>New.ev.co.yu( IMAP 2.2.10): "user.milutinovicn"
>>    
>>
>Isn't it possible to rename a mailbox with 2.2.x? IIRC you have to enable
>renaming in imapd.conf and then it should work. Maybe you could give it a
>try.
>  
>
Any why not move (after renaming) with 'xfermailbox' (after upgrading 
your 2.1 to 2.2 ;-))?
Isn't that much faster then using imapsync or something?
And upgrading 2.1 to 2.2 isn't hard, is it?

Paul

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