> On 2 Aug 2019, at 15.21, Coy Hile <coy.h...@coyhile.com> wrote: > >> On Aug 2, 2019, at 7:57 AM, Sami Ketola via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> >> wrote: >> >> Sounds like you do not want to do replication but migration. >> >> In this case migration can be easily done by using doveadm dsync to pull the >> mails from old server to new server. >> >> Something like: >> >> doveadm backup -u userid -R -f ssh syncuser@remote "sudo /usr/bin/doveadm >> dsync-server -u userid” >> > > That may be the easier solution, you’re right. I was hoping to run both in > parallel for a bit, but cutting over probably makes the most sense. > > Thanks,
What you can do to make the switchover short as possible is to pre-sync all emails offline with first run of doveadm backup, and then the later the same command again during switchover just to sync the delta. Sami
