1 Topic by snado

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Topic: email migration

==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): actually opensource one
- Deployed with iRedMail Easy or the downloadable installer? installer
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: ubuntu 20.04
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): Nginx
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? not atm
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
====

is there any suggestion about migrating email from external IMAP server to pre-created accounts on iredmail server?
we were thinking about imapsync but it would be mandatory ask customers for passwords...

suggestion for future may be something with automatic account creation and migration email from other server with same credentials.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Snado.

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: email migration

If old IMAP server runs Dovecot as IMAP server, you can create a Dovecot Master User to access all users' mailboxes without knowing users' passwords. FYI:
https://docs.iredmail.org/dovecot.master.user.html

If i remember correctly, Cyrus-IMAP supports similar feature too.