Hi.
I host some low traffic websites for various reasons. Mostly hobby related. I raise dairy goats and have a farm page I host. My neighbor has an astrophotography hobby and I host his as well. I also have a personal blog for my own purposes.
Some time ago I put together an iRedMail server to get emails for my farm page and my blog and a couple of others.
All of my separate pages and things are done in their own VirtualBox VM for separation. I have one for VPN server access so I can get in from the outside. One for Apache2 reverse proxy services. I have one dedicated VirtualBox VM for each website I host. I have no plans to change this strategy, as it makes management more of an individual page/service thing...which brings my up to my current conundrum.
iRedMail 1.6.6 worked right out of the box for my first email domain. Adding others was a pain, but doable. Getting the DNS entries so that Google doesn't mark them as spam is the biggest hurdle so far.
So far.
Until now. I have NOT been keeping with the upgrades, so I'm a little out of date. I am building a new VM to replace my mail server.
It is:
Debian 12
iRedMail 1.7.4
MySql
RoundCube web interface
Where should I look for the most straightforward migration path? I wish to keep my domains and users, but I can re-enter them at this point. All passwords are known and there aren't that many.
I have read somewhere that once the domains and users are recreated, all that is necessary is to copy the files under the path /var/vmail/vmail1 recursively to get the physical email files in. My question is, how are these then integrated into the database, or are they? I.e. "Does Roundcube get its folder/contents information from the actual files or from the database?
Anyway, thanks for creating this product and giving us options other than playing with the big boys...Yahoo, Microsoft, Google..
Wayne Stuart
waynestuart.com
waynestuart@waynestuart.com
