> On 03/11/2022 09:46 EET Ralf Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to migrate an old Cyrus 2.5 server to Dovecot 2.3.19 using > doveadm backup -R, which works for all folders but the INBOX itself, > which always stays empty. > > The Cyrus side uses altnamespace:no and unixhierarchysep:no, it's used > as imapc: remote in doveadm backup -R with imapc_list_prefix=INBOX > > Dovecot uses the following namespace to migrate into: > > namespace inboxes { > inbox = yes > location = > mailbox Sent { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Sent > } > ### some more folders omitted ### > prefix = INBOX/ > separator = / > subscriptions = no > }
Hi! When syncing mailboxes from other server, you should use migration config file, which has **no** auto=subscribe or auto=create folders, as these can mess up with synchronization. Please see https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/migrating_mailboxes/ for more details. Aki
