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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1:2.3.21+dfsg1.upstream/1%2.3.21+dfsg1
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diff --git a/doc/wiki/Migration.Dsync.txt b/doc/wiki/Migration.Dsync.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd3e9a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/Migration.Dsync.txt @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +Migrating from any IMAP/POP3 server to Dovecot via dsync +======================================================== + +You need Dovecot v2.1.4+ for this. + +This page describes how to migrate mails to Dovecot from a remote IMAP/POP3 +server, preserving the IMAP UIDs, POP3 UIDLs and everything else. + +We'll assume that you can log in with master user "master" that has a password +"masteruser-secret". If you can't use master users, you'll need the users' +plaintext passwords and change the appropriate configuration to use them. + +See also server-specific details: + + * <Gmail> [Migration.Gmail.txt] + +Generic configuration +--------------------- + +dsync can be configured with features and workarounds. This is done by using +dsync_features setting in config file, such as + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +dsync_features = empty-header-workaround +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + * empty-header-workaround - enables dsync to cope with broken (Zimbra) servers + that sometimes send FETCH replies that are missing all the headers, even + though the mail actually has headers and another FETCH might return them. In + this situation dsync simply assumes for existing mails that the mails are a + match. (v2.2.25.3+) + +In v2.2.30+ dsync can avoid creating a single huge transaction that can fail +all at once. In case of failures the sync can be then done incrementally. + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +dsync_commit_msgs_interval = 100 # default in v2.2.30+ +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +In v2.2.33+ you can specify which email headers are used in incremental syncing +for checking whether the local email matches the remote email. This should only +include headers that can be efficiently downloaded from the remote server. The +default is: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +dsync_hashed_headers = Date Message-ID +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IMAP migration configuration +---------------------------- + +Set up configuration for the IMAP server you wish to migrate from: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +imapc_host = imap.example.com + +# Authenticate as masteruser / masteruser-secret, but use a separate login +user. +# If you don't have a master user, remove the imapc_master_user setting. +imapc_user = %u +imapc_master_user = masteruser +imapc_password = masteruser-secret + +imapc_features = rfc822.size +# If you have Dovecot v2.2.8+ you may get a significant performance improvement +with fetch-headers: +imapc_features = $imapc_features fetch-headers +# Read multiple mails in parallel, improves performance +mail_prefetch_count = 20 + +# If the old IMAP server uses INBOX. namespace prefix, set: +#imapc_list_prefix = INBOX + +# for SSL: +#imapc_port = 993 +#imapc_ssl = imaps +#ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl +#imapc_ssl_verify = yes +# for <2.2.0: change ssl_client_ca_dir=/etc/ssl to imapc_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +POP3 migration configuration +---------------------------- + +Set up configuration for the POP3 server you wish to migrate from: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +pop3c_host = pop3.example.com + +# Authenticate as masteruser / masteruser-secret, but use a separate login +user. +# If you don't have a master user, remove the pop3c_master_user setting. +pop3c_user = %u +pop3c_master_user = masteruser +pop3c_password = masteruser-secret + +# for SSL: +#pop3c_port = 995 +#pop3c_ssl = pop3s +# for <2.2.0: change ssl_client_ca_dir=/etc/ssl to pop3c_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl +#ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl +#pop3c_ssl_verify = yes + +# make sure you have also the regular inbox namespace defined, e.g.: +#namespace inbox { +# inbox = yes +#} +namespace { + prefix = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/ + location = pop3c: + list = no + hidden = yes +} +protocol doveadm { + mail_plugins = $mail_plugins pop3_migration +} +plugin { + pop3_migration_mailbox = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/INBOX +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The pop3-migration plugin is used to preserve POP3 UIDLs. When dsync is +handling IMAP INBOX and requests a POP3 UIDL, the plugin connects to the POP3 +server and figures out which IMAP messages match which POP3 messages and then +returns the appropriate POP3 UIDL. + +Running +------- + +Make sure destination is exactly as source, deleting/reverting any changes in +destination if necessary: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +doveadm -o mail_fsync=never backup -R -u user@domain imapc: +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +or incremental one-way merge (it's ok to do changes on both sides): + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +doveadm -o mail_fsync=never sync -1 -R -u user@domain imapc: +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(Fsyncing is disabled just for migration efficiency.) + +For per-user user/passwords use: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +doveadm -o imapc_user=foo -o pop3c_user=foo -o imapc_password=bar -o +pop3c_password=bar backup -R -u user@domain imapc: +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Once the users are migrated, remember to remove the pop3_migration plugin from +settings. + +Problems +-------- + + * POP3 message order (when it's different from IMAP message order) is + currently preserved only when destination is Maildir, sdbox or mdbox. + * If source POP3 server merges multiple IMAP mailboxes into one POP3 INBOX, + the migration won't be transparent. + * If source IMAP and POP3 servers return messages somehow differently, + pop3-migration plugin might not be able to match the messages + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |