Migration from MS Exchange to Kolab (imapsync)

Hello all

i'm migrating an MS Exchange server to a new kolab server. I
need to only 
migrate the e-mail messages. So i'm using imapsync. 

The problem is that the INBOX of exchange in kolab, after
the sync, is under 
the main INBOX, so e-mail are in INBOX/INBOX.

What is the correct IMAP prefix for exchange or cyrus?

Thanks
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> i'm migrating an MS Exchange server to a new kolab
server. I need to only
> migrate the e-mail messages. So i'm using imapsync.

A warning about Exchange and Outlook ... they don't do IMAP
well at all.
I am in the process of migrating from uw-imap to kolab, but
most Outlook
users are moving from POP3 to IMAPS.  It's one headache
after another.
Outlook doesn't even let you purge deleted mail
automatically.

Good luck,
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Dit you try the prefix1 and prefix2 options ?
You can sync in two pass !
First the exchange top root mailbox but excluding Inbox
(option
--exclude and friends) , then the Inbox itself.

Regards


On Jan 3, 2008 4:57 PM, Alessio Cecchi <alessioskye.it> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> i'm migrating an MS Exchange server to a new kolab
server. I need to only
> migrate the e-mail messages. So i'm using imapsync.
>
> The problem is that the INBOX of exchange in kolab,
after the sync, is under
> the main INBOX, so e-mail are in INBOX/INBOX.
>
> What is the correct IMAP prefix for exchange or cyrus?
>
> Thanks
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>  PLUG -> ex-Presidente, http://www.prato.linux.it
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Alain Spineux ha scritto:
> Dit you try the prefix1 and prefix2 options ?
> You can sync in two pass !
> First the exchange top root mailbox but excluding Inbox
(option
> --exclude and friends) , then the Inbox itself.
> 
> Regards

Yes, i have made two simple script, the first without
INBOX:

imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1" 
--host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2" --delete2
--exclude INBOX

the second sync only the INBOX:

imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1" 
--host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2" --delete2
--prefix2 INBOX.

Thanks

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> > You can sync in two pass !
> > First the exchange top root mailbox but excluding
Inbox (option
> > --exclude and friends) , then the Inbox itself.
>
> Yes, i have made two simple script, the first without
INBOX:
>
> imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1"
> --host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2"
--delete2 --exclude INBOX
>
> the second sync only the INBOX:
>
> imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1"
> --host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2"
--delete2 --prefix2 INBOX.

I could not implement the above method, but I did manage to
do it all at
once (which seems a better option anyway) with:

  nice imapsync --host1 exchange --user1 "$u1"
--password1 "$p1" 
                --host2 kolab    --user2 "$u2"
--password2 "$p2" 
                --regextrans2 's/INBOX.INBOX/INBOX/'

-Adam

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Adam Katz <kolabkhopis.com> writes:

>> > You can sync in two pass !
>> > First the exchange top root mailbox but
excluding Inbox (option
>> > --exclude and friends) , then the Inbox
itself.
>>
>> Yes, i have made two simple script, the first
without INBOX:
>>
>> imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1"
>> --host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2"
--delete2 --exclude INBOX
>>
>> the second sync only the INBOX:
>>
>> imapsync --noauthmd5 --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1"
>> --host2 kolab --user2 --password2 "$p2"
--delete2 --prefix2 INBOX.
>
> I could not implement the above method, but I did
manage to do it all at
> once (which seems a better option anyway) with:
>
>   nice imapsync --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1" 
>                 --host2 kolab    --user2
"$u2" --password2 "$p2" 
>                 --regextrans2 's/INBOX.INBOX/INBOX/'
>
> -Adam

Thanks for the info!

Added to ht
tp://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Microsoft_Exchange

Cheers,

Gunnar

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> > I could not implement the above method, but I did
manage to do it all at
> > once (which seems a better option anyway) with:
> >
> >   nice imapsync --host1 exchange --user1
"$u1" --password1 "$p1" 
> >                 --host2 kolab    --user2
"$u2" --password2 "$p2" 
> >                 --regextrans2
's/INBOX.INBOX/INBOX/'

> Thanks for the info!
>
> Added to ht
tp://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Microsoft_Exchange

I should note that I was migrating from uw-imapd v2002.330
to
kolab-cyrus-imapd v2.2.13-2 (Debian package), not MS
Exchange.  I simply
mimiced the format used in the thread.  I see now that that
was consusing.

I still think the use of --regextrans2 is preferable to
running the code
twice, though the exact syntax may vary.

-Adam

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