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rsync mail directory after migration?

Discussion in 'E-mail Discussions' started by room9, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. room9

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    We're planning a migration from one hosting provider to another, both using cPanel. We're going to backup each account, copy across to the new server and restore. After restoration we'll change the MX records on the old server to point to the new server.

    The only problem is what happens with email arriving while backup, copy and restore are happening.

    Can I simply use rsync to update the new server with any late arriving emails after making the MX record change? E.g.

    Code:
    rsync cpaccount@oldserverip.com:~/mail/ cpaccount@newserverip.com:~/mail/
    Are there requirements here? E.g. both servers need to run courier or both dovecot? Same versions? How do I tell? Are there any permissions issues I need to deal with?
     
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    Is there a reason for this? I've seen other posts mentioning that rsyncing just ~/mail will work.
     
    #3 room9, Feb 4, 2013
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    You would want to keep the whole account in sync and not just the mail folder, to ensure that any changes to the email settings / quotas etc are not affected and remain consistent.

    Else, it will def. work, just how copying email files will work. But I do not recommend it.
     
    #4 ruzbehraja, Feb 8, 2013
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    I highly recommend that you use imapsysnc. Imapsync the two mailboxes post migration to sync up the target inbox - /http://linux.die.net/man/1/imapsync
     
    #5 Jeff Shotnik, Feb 8, 2013
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