POP3 to CyrusIMAP migration howto ?

[Rudy Gevaert]

Michael Menge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i know too different konzepts of migrating mailservers. They both have 
> pros and cons.
> 
> 1. split mbox, copy, reconstruct
>    depending on how your POP-server stores the mails, you have to split
>    each mailbox into single files for every e-mail. Then you copy the files
>    to the cyrus folder and run reconstruct.
>    But you will loose the seen status and you may have to change the files
>    depending on the fileformat of the original inbox.
> 
> 2. use POP/IMAP-Protokoll to copy the e-mails from one server to another.
>    I have only tested this for Imap-Imap transfers, but mailutil (part 
> of the
>    UW-Imap) can handle different types of servers.
>    You must know the passwords, or be able to gain access to the
>    POP/IMAP account

Or if your server has an admin password you can use that :-).  E.g. the 
cyrus admin.  In the past I have set up uw-imap to use pam, and pam had 
an admin password.
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Directie ICT, afd. Infrastructuur ICT Department, Infrastructure office
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