Exchange to cyrus-imapd mail migration query

[Simon Matter]

> On 02/21/13 15:59 +0530, jayesh shinde wrote:
>>Hi all ,
>>
>>I am migrating the Exchange 2003 server to Cyrus-imapd + postfix  server
>>Due to some reason , on Exchange server imap protocol is not open and
>>only mapi protocol is available.
>>Along with this end users are not allowing the share the passwords.
>>
>>In Exchange by giving the administrator access ( i.e ACL ) on
>>particular mailbox , admin ID can see other account's emails.  But
>>its only opening on Mapi enable outlook.
>
> You might see if it's possible to enable IMAP on your exchange server.
> IMAP
> runs on port 993 on our's (imaps).
>
>>Is there any tool ( like imapsync ) by which I can connect to
>>Exchange server over Mapi protocol
>>and sync the emails in cyrus-impad's imap ( 143 ) enable server ?
>>
>>I want to know , how peoples are handing such situation and migrating
>>the emails ?
>
> Try configuring an Outlook client simultaneously with both a MAPI
> connection, and an IMAP connection, and then copy the messages between the
> two.
>
> Another approach would be to export your messages, using Outlook, to a
> .pst
> file, and figure out a way to import those messages into cyrus, or back
> into outlook after IMAP has been configured.

If IMAP is enabled on the exchange side, then imapsync should also work.

Simon