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Re: "import" cyrus-imap mails



On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Gerhard Kroder wrote:
> i need to import a backup copy of my old cyrus imapd (from
> woody/testing) mail dir on a new server. Can this be done just by

Cyrus does not use the maildir format ;)  and it has other databases too.

The safest way to do this is to use an imap/pop3 client to receive all
emails in a maildir/mbox, convert them to bsmtp and feed them to the MTA in
the target system.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh



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