Re: [courier-users] Recovering Courier user email files

Chris Lynch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A mail server's hard drive crashed and I was able to copy a users emails to
> another server, which is also running courier.
>
> I think I've searched the web using the incorrect search strings, but here
> is my issue.
>
>
> How can I migrate user mail from a courier server with one hostname, to a
> new server with a different hostname? I know I can't simply dump the files
> into the new mailbox, and expect it to read the file names properly.
>
>
Have you tried doing just that yet? I'm pretty sure it will work.
While the hostname is included in the Maildir files, they should not
cause an issue in moving the Maildir. Permissions will be an issue
though, make sure you give correct permissions on the Maildir for the
new server.

Jay
> Is there a conversion tool, that will allow the email files from one courier
> mail server to work on another courier mail server, even temporarily?
>


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