Using xfer to migrate mailboxes to a new server

[Wesley Craig]

On 16 Feb 2010, at 06:35, Simon Fraser wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 11:29 +0000, David Mayo wrote:
>> Some additional things to look out for:
>>
>> - You must run this command on the existing back-end

This is true, but I'm not 100% positive why it's implemented this  
way.  The (trivial) bit of code that would allow another host to  
proxy for xfer isn't there.  The comment explaining why it's missing  
seems bogus, to me.

>> - The mailbox *must* have a quota set
>
> I don't have quotas set, and it worked.  Is this only a requirement  
> for
> moving to 2.3.x?

As I recall, if a quota has been *removed* from a mailbox, it can no  
longer be xfer'd.  If it's never had one, it's not a problem.  This  
is a bug, either in the xfer code or the quota removal code, take  
your pick.

BTW, I almost always upgrade cyrus by adding a new host to the murder  
and xfer'ing.  It hasn't always worked seamlessly, but I've  
consistently contributed my bug changes back, so it works pretty well  
between any version I've ever worked with -- quite a few.

:wes