Alain Fauconnet, 15.09.2006 07:54:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 06:35:32AM +0200, Vidar Tyldum Hansen wrote:
>>> What do you mean by resync by hand? Do you mean simply copy the files back?
>> Once the main server is back online you need to copy over the mail from
>> the backup again. This must be done manually and is hard to automate, at
>> least not smart to automate ;)
>
> Well actually you can rsync the other way around. I have a script for
> this but I run it by hand after switching back to the main server.
Yes, but to automate the whole process can be risky, and requires a lot
of thought. You don't want it to start copying back old mail if you just
reboot the main server ("Hey, I deleted these 100 emails yesterday! The
computer haunts me!!!!"). Script it: yes. Automate it: I'd be careful.
>>> Finally, what if any is the recommended way to migrate the client from POP3
>>> to IMAP? Simply select all the items in (Outlook?) and copy them to the new
>>> new folder containing IMAP?
>> Yes. Since they have used POP the email is stored locally on the client.
>
> Well not necessarily. Some users may choose to leave mail on server.
> In that case you have both and you can use one of the
> mailbox-to-maildir scripts to do the job.
However this behaviour is not per default and you won't get any folders.
But yes, doable. If you had maildir on the POP-server you can simply
copy those over too, of course. You still won't get the folders, though
(you obviously know this, but someone reading the thread might not...).
>> If you have their PST-files on a share you might find some parser that
>> can do this, but simply drag and drop works on Outlook (but not on
>> express, there you have to create the folders first and then move
>> messages folder by folder).
>> Use the opportunity to make the users clean out their mailbox so that
>> your storage space isn't eaten away with old junk.
>
> In my experience, most users don't even bother. They keep the old mail
> in their local mailboxes and start getting the new mail from IMAP.
> That's one mail archiving pass for free :-)
Hehe, indeed. However as local government we have retention policies (or
at least I'm forced to state it ;).
I just told them that email not moved will be lost sometime in the
future (when their machine inevitably fail as most of our rig is pre
year 2000).
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