Upgrade and Migration

Ben Carter bhc at pitt.edu
Mon Jul 6 10:22:44 EDT 2009


Garry wrote:
> Simon Matter wrote:
>> I think an easier way is to use the 'proxyservers' option to declare a
>> proxy user allowed to access all mailboxes. This user can then be used by
>> imapsync. I'm quite sure the archives hold detailed information on this as
>> I don't remember all the details.
>>   
> Cool! Works, at least accessing the user mail directories ... guess I
> will still have to figure out the best way of transferring all the
> access rights to the new server, but this should at least get the mails
> copied more easily ...
> 
> -garry
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Yes, the proxy login worked for us.  If by "access rights" you mean 
IMAP ACLs, the imapsync option for this is "--syncacls".

Ben

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