cyrus mailboxes format

[lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de]

Zitat von Andres Tarallo <atarallo at acm.org>:

> Hi !!!!
>
> We're about to migrate a very old installation based on cyrus 2.3.11.  The
> target system is zimbra collaboration. Many users have years of mail stored
> in their maiboxes, we want to migrate those mails to the nuew server.
>
> I have the idea to do so with the aid of lmtpinject, a tool provided by
> zimbra. This tool insert into the mailboxes mails in maildir format. I need
> to confirm that cyrus stores mails in that format.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrés

No, Cyrus don't use the "maildir" format, the excat layout is explained here:
http://www.cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.4.6/internal/mailbox-format.php

Zimbra recommends using something like imapsysnc explained here:

http://forums.zimbra.com/migration/6223-migrating-cyrus-zimbra-imapsync.html
http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Mail_Migration

Regards

Andreas


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 5931 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Url : http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/attachments/20150304/ae81aead/attachment.bin