Torsten wrote:
- stop services (smtp and pop3) on the old maschine
- copy the mboxes to the new maschine
- run a conversion script (for excample: "Perfect_maildir"
http://perfectmaildir.home-dn.net/)
- start the services on the new maschine (smtp and Dovecot)
Hi,
So, parts of these processes can be parallelised:
* Copy mailbox data from old machine to the new one. Leave production services
running.
* Shut-down services on old machine.
* Update the mailbox data on the new machine using rsync.
* Convert mailboxes to Maildir format, eg using Perfect_maildir or mb2md.
* Start services on new server, update DNS aliases, etc.
Now, ideally, you'd do each of the above _per-user_ -- disabling just *one*
account at a time whilst it was being updated. This will require a bit more
work and infrastructure support (eg a front-end POP/IMAP proxy).
Oh, and in principle, I see no reason why you can't have both SMTP services
running at the same time..
Cheers,
David
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