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Topic: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

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- iRedMail version: 0.8.6
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): LDAP
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Deb7
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Hi, using LDAP backend. I have a current iRedMail system. I would like to create the SAME identical user on a NEW iRedMail system and transfer all mail data over. How can this be done?

Thanks!

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

Setup a slave LDAP server and sync mailboxes to new server (with 'rsync' or other tools).

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

ZhangHuangbin wrote:

Setup a slave LDAP server and sync mailboxes to new server (with 'rsync' or other tools).

This works if new server already has ldap data?

Also fyi - i am talking of emails themselves. Not email accounts. How can I do it? thanks smile

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

You have to make sure the maildir path stored in LDAP is the same as the one stored on file system.

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

ZhangHuangbin wrote:

You have to make sure the maildir path stored in LDAP is the same as the one stored on file system.

So take maildir for user on source server and copy to maildir on target?

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

ZhangHuangbin wrote:

You have to make sure the maildir path stored in LDAP is the same as the one stored on file system.

I copied /Maildir/* from source to target in OLD HOST /var/vmail/vmail1 folder to NEW HOST /var/vmail/vmail1 folder but I still cannot see mails.

What have I done wrong : (

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Re: Move user email data to new iRedMail instance

What's the maildir path you set in LDAP? You have to make sure the maildir path stored in LDAP is the same as the one stored on file system.