merging two cyrus imap spools into one?

[Simon Matter]

> Simon Matter wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've got a couple of servers running standalone Cyrus
>>> for imap services (linked to sendmail).
>>>
>>> Recently due to some enforced downtime, I had to get one
>>> server to accept mail for another one, and now that the
>>> original server is back up I want to move the mail that's
>>> sitting on the repacement back onto the original.
>>>
>>> Is there some easy way to do this?  I can't just tar up the
>>> relevant user directories as (at the very least!) the message
>>> id's will probably clash.
>>
>> There are several imapcopy tools around which you can use to copy
>> messages
>> vi a the IMAP protocol. However one requirement is that both servers are
>> up and running at the same time.
>
> I can do that, and I guess I can do that with a good (Thunderbird) MUA.

Well, one of the best MUAs for this is still Netscape Messenger 4.x. Why?
It can move/copy complete folder trees where with Thunderbird, you can
always only move/copy one folder at a time. Or did I miss something when I
last tried it?

Simon

>
> Thanks for the suggestion, it's so obvious I should have guessed it!
>
>
>> It also may depend on how much data you have to transfer and how many
>> users are affected.
>
> It's only one user, so it's easy ...
>
> thanks
>
> Carl
>
>


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