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Post #318,314
by folkert
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12/8/09 9:31:19 PM
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New IMAP Keeps what the Clients sets.
Whatever client you are using to move the mail is the important part there.

Remember, you are moving the mail twice.

Personally, if you have the IMAP dir on your own host... I'd tar and scp the file up and do it once.

But then, I'm a sysadmin, not a "pretty much user".
Post #318,315
by drook
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12/8/09 9:44:51 PM
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New Don't have access to the source
I also don't trust Evolution to download everything, since it's got that reported bug. I'm showing 221M in my local imap dir, but my old host is reporting over 450M.

So I just grabbed a bunch of folders and dragged them over to the new account before dinner. It's still grinding.
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Drew
Post #318,318
by folkert
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12/8/09 9:56:22 PM
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New Re: Don't have access to the source
Evolution now stores in SQLite format.

Much more betterer on disk space and quickness.

I've only had Evo screw up on me... 7 or so years ago. Mostly my own doing.

I've used Evolution nearly continuously since then. Thunderbird IMO SUCKS!
Post #318,316
by static
12/8/09 9:49:07 PM
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New No, IMAP-to-IMAP transfer is safer.
The IMAP protocol is actually quite rigid and rather unforgiving of mistakes.

IMAP isn't an on-disk format. Tarballing the directory would only be effective if the mail engines are identical. This means both the delivery agent *and* the IMAP server: I know Courier's IMAP server stores information in the Maildir directories that other Maildir-aware IMAP servers will probably not know about.

In fact, rsync would be better than a tarball because the file-timestamps would then stay correct.

Wade.
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Post #318,317
by folkert
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12/8/09 9:54:22 PM
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New Re: No, IMAP-to-IMAP transfer is safer.
Oh I know that IMAP is a protocol.

I just use courier-imap server to courier-imap server.

Also, Drew, you could have setup your destination machine as a mail client and did the work with something like Mutt, so it only gets transferred once.
Post #318,320
by drook
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12/9/09 12:04:04 AM
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New If I cared about fast or efficient, sure
But since I was setting up two accounts in Evo anyway, drag and drop -- as slow as it is -- works just fine for me.
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Drew
     Anyone got a good "how to move email" howto? - (drook) - (21) - Dec. 7, 2009, 04:36:47 PM EST
         Re: Anyone got a good "how to move email" howto? - (folkert) - (14) - Dec. 7, 2009, 04:42:02 PM EST
             Only one problem ... well maybe more than one - (drook) - (13) - Dec. 7, 2009, 07:07:07 PM EST
                 A hosts file is fine. - (static) - (12) - Dec. 7, 2009, 07:44:30 PM EST
                     But both servers think they serve the same domain - (drook) - (11) - Dec. 8, 2009, 12:45:47 AM EST
                         IMAP doesn't care. - (static) - (10) - Dec. 8, 2009, 05:57:31 PM EST
                             Yup, churning away now - (drook) - (6) - Dec. 8, 2009, 06:58:40 PM EST
                                 IMAP Keeps what the Clients sets. - (folkert) - (5) - Dec. 8, 2009, 09:31:19 PM EST
                                     Don't have access to the source - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 8, 2009, 09:44:51 PM EST
                                         Re: Don't have access to the source - (folkert) - Dec. 8, 2009, 09:56:22 PM EST
                                     No, IMAP-to-IMAP transfer is safer. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 8, 2009, 09:49:07 PM EST
                                         Re: No, IMAP-to-IMAP transfer is safer. - (folkert) - (1) - Dec. 8, 2009, 09:54:22 PM EST
                                             If I cared about fast or efficient, sure - (drook) - Dec. 9, 2009, 12:04:04 AM EST
                             Could they be "clever" on the back-end? - (drook) - (2) - Dec. 9, 2009, 02:03:44 PM EST
                                 It would be very difficult. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 9, 2009, 05:25:08 PM EST
                                     Yep, IMAP seems pretty durable - (drook) - Dec. 9, 2009, 06:58:02 PM EST
         What Greg said. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2009, 05:10:58 PM EST
             Evolution will be fine with thousands of messages. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 8, 2009, 12:09:49 AM EST
         That was my tech-career ender - (mhuber) - (2) - Dec. 7, 2009, 06:47:59 PM EST
             Good thing he said "we" -NT - (drook) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2009, 07:04:44 PM EST
                 "we" didn't get fired. -NT - (mhuber) - Dec. 7, 2009, 08:42:58 PM EST
         Why did I wait so long to do this? - (drook) - Dec. 8, 2009, 12:07:33 PM EST

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