On Wednesday 04 April 2007 17:39, Jay Lee wrote: > Zed wrote: > > Hello world ) > > > > We're going to migrate to new mailserver. Old and new mailservers use the > > same set of services - FreeBSD, Postfix, Courier-IMAP, аll settings for > > mail are kept in MySQL. > > > > We have a problem with moving users maildirs from old server to new one - > > it must use too much time if offline. > > > > Is it possible to use users maildirs at old and new servers together and > > transparently for users? > > For example, user connects to new server by IMAP/POP3, new server looks > > maildirs for this user in new place and in old place. After some time old > > server will be stopped. Email will be received by new server, old server > > will only keep old messages. > > NFS mount the old server's Maildirs on the new server. Then use > symlinks on the new server to point to the NFS Mount and user's home. > e.g.: > > New server mounts old servers Maildirs under: > /mnt/oldserver/maildirs/ > > New server has local Maildirs under: > /var/maildir/ > > already moved users would have Maildirs like: > /var/maildir/joesmith/Maildir > > create symlinks so that users not yet migrated still appear in the same > place on new server: > /var/maildir/janesmith -> /mnt/oldserver/maildirs/janesmith
Hm... I don't understand how users will migrate? If I create symlink from old maildir to new all messages will be placed in NFS mounted dirs on old server. > > Then you can keep your MySQL database unchanged and move the Maildirs > over slowly. Your other option would be to make the change in MySQL for > persons on the old server, pointing their home at the NFS mount of the > old server but the symlink method is easier IMHO. > > Jay ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
