Switch to new server and forward existing mail from old server

2011-09-12 Thread Clarence Brown
Hi all: I've tried googling, and found a ton of stuff, but nothing specific to my question. I've got an ancient postfix server with a couple virtual domains, been chugging along solid and stable for years. Want to move to a new server at a different IP, Have the old server forward /

Re: Switch to new server and forward existing mail from old server

2011-09-12 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 12.09.2011 16:50, schrieb Clarence Brown: Hi all: I've tried googling, and found a ton of stuff, but nothing specific to my question. I've got an ancient postfix server with a couple virtual domains, been chugging along solid and stable for years. Want to move to a new server at a

Re: Switch to new server and forward existing mail from old server

2011-09-12 Thread postfix
Hi Clarence we deliver mail into Maildir i.e. one file per mail. The maildirs are usually under /var/spool/maildir. If I have to copy all of the mail to a new server, i just do rsync -avure ssh /old/maildir/* new_server:/new/maildir and no problem. suomi On 2011-09-12 16:50, Clarence Brown

Re: Switch to new server and forward existing mail from old server

2011-09-12 Thread Clarence Brown
Thanks suomi On rare occasions I have had to manually mess around with the mail files, ie using an editor to remove a corrupt message messing up pop3. There is one file per user mailbox. One complication I just realized is that I believe the actual user account login information may change,

Re: Switch to new server and forward existing mail from old server

2011-09-12 Thread Peter Blair
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Clarence Brown clabrown...@gmail.com wrote: On rare occasions I have had to manually mess around with the mail files, ie using an editor to remove a corrupt message messing up pop3. There is one file per user mailbox. [ ya, no longer on topic for postfix... ]