I need to transfer a client's email inbox from another mail server to our mail server (Centos 5). This is needed once only (or maybe a couple of times).
What is the best command-line tool? Fetchmail?
I did this once before, with another tool, but have forgotten.
- Jussi
2010/8/13 Jussi Hirvi listmember@greenspot.fi:
I need to transfer a client's email inbox from another mail server to our mail server (Centos 5). This is needed once only (or maybe a couple of times).
What is the best command-line tool? Fetchmail?
I did this once before, with another tool, but have forgotten.
really pop3 box? Usually pop3 stores mail on local machine.
on imap system imapsync is really good tool to do this.
maybe there is some tools available: http://www.athensfbc.com/imap_tools/
br,
-- Eero, RHCE
really pop3 box? Usually pop3 stores mail on local machine.
on imap system imapsync is really good tool to do this.
maybe there is some tools available: http://www.athensfbc.com/imap_tools/
br,
You are confusing protocol with client....
And yes I'd suggest fetchmail scripted to do this (given it is a one off) so long as the email service your system is going to provide will be storing in whatever the local user storage that fetchmail will be dumping into... or even so long as you can parse the appropriate .mailbox (or whatever) files and import them to your system.
James
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57:22AM +0100, James Hogarth wrote:
And yes I'd suggest fetchmail scripted to do this (given it is a one off) so long as the email service your system is going to provide will be storing in whatever the local user storage that fetchmail will be dumping into... or even so long as you can parse the appropriate .mailbox (or whatever) files and import them to your system.
I think also a simple move of all messages from remote to local folder using mutt, for instance, should go.
Mihai
On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 08:28 -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote:
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57:22AM +0100, James Hogarth wrote:
And yes I'd suggest fetchmail scripted to do this (given it is a one off)
Or fetchmail plus procmail to get it to the proper place.
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If you are using same pop server (e.g. dovecot) on both machines, you can just rsync the mail directory from source to destination. Of course, you have to pay attention to permissions afterwards.
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