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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #473, comment 4


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Mar 8, 2017, 5:45:13 PM (8 years ago)
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  • Ticket #473, comment 4

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    11Old mailboxes reside under the user's home directory following the Maildir format. They can be just copied from the old server to the new one. The procedure is as follows:
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    3 1. Create new folders under /srv/vmail/ in the new server for each user mail address. For instance, create: /srv/vmail/landauf@orxonox.net/Maildir/
     31. Create new folders under /srv/vmail/ in the new server for each user mail address. For instance, create: /srv/vmail/landauf.at.orxonox.net/Maildir/
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    552. Copy the mailbox files&folders from the old server to the new one inside the newly created folder. For instance, one could use the ***scp*** tool.
     
    773. Remember to change the ownership of the copied folder:
    88{{{#!sh
    9 chown -R vmail:vmail landauf@orxonox.net/Maildir
     9chown -R vmail:vmail landauf.at.orxonox.net/Maildir
    1010}}}