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| − | Linux # imapsync --host1 | + | Linux # imapsync --host1 mail.office365.com --user1 user1@mail.office365.com --passfile1 ~/.passfile1 --ssl1 \<br /> |
| − | --host2 | + | --host2 mail.localhost --user2 user2@mail.localhost --passfile2 ~/.passfile2 --ssl2 \<br /> |
| − | --syncinternaldates | + | --syncinternaldates --regextrans2 's/Sent Items$/Sent/' |
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| + | == Notes == | ||
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| + | Being a brief article, it is outside the scope here to explain all of the syntax of imapsync - needless to say it can be very powerful when used with cron jobs etc. | ||
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| + | I have specified --passfile options to assist with streamlining the process - this will not ask for a password and ideally should use <code>chmod 600</code> permissions in a secure location. | ||
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| + | --regextrans2 uses regular expression syntax, so either hack the example above or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression take a quick read] | ||
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| + | Taking this one step further, if server A had more than one variant of 'Sent' folder, using the following syntax making the most of wildcards will also help tidy things up during your migration: | ||
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| + | --regextrans2 's/(.)*Sent(.)*$/Sent/' | ||
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| + | Effectively moving sent items from any of server A folders into the single Sent folder on server B. | ||
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| + | HTH | ||
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| + | [http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/User:Costa-101 Costa-101] | ||
| + | {{Article Footer|Zimbra Collaboration 7.0, 6.0|04/16/2014}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:33, 12 July 2015
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MApping Folders
Mapping Folders
Description
If you are backing up or migrating from one server to another, you most likely will at some point be dealing with server A using the 'Sent' folder syntax with server B using the 'Sent Items' folder syntax and possibly even server C using the 'Sent Messages' folder syntax.
This page has been created during such an exercise, to provide a simple explanation, with examples, in order to help you get the job done !
The magic of using imapsync provides an option known as regextrans.
The regextrans option can be used, with a regular expression syntax, to map emails from one folder on server A into a differently named folder on server B.
In this example, server A is an Office365 server, which uses 'Sent Items', and server B is a Zimbra server which uses 'Sent'.
Imapsync syntax
The syntax would be as follows, with the <variables> being specific to your given scenario.
Linux # imapsync --host1 <source server> --user1 <source user> --passfile1 ~/.<a file with user1 password> --ssl1 \
--host2 <target server> --user2 <target user> --passfile2 ~/.<a file with user2 password> --ssl2 \
--syncinternaldates --regextrans2 's/<source folder>$/<target folder>/'
Example
A completely fabricated example will look something like the following:
Linux # imapsync --host1 mail.office365.com --user1 user1@mail.office365.com --passfile1 ~/.passfile1 --ssl1 \
--host2 mail.localhost --user2 user2@mail.localhost --passfile2 ~/.passfile2 --ssl2 \
--syncinternaldates --regextrans2 's/Sent Items$/Sent/'
Notes
Being a brief article, it is outside the scope here to explain all of the syntax of imapsync - needless to say it can be very powerful when used with cron jobs etc.
I have specified --passfile options to assist with streamlining the process - this will not ask for a password and ideally should use chmod 600 permissions in a secure location.
--regextrans2 uses regular expression syntax, so either hack the example above or take a quick read
Taking this one step further, if server A had more than one variant of 'Sent' folder, using the following syntax making the most of wildcards will also help tidy things up during your migration:
--regextrans2 's/(.)*Sent(.)*$/Sent/'
Effectively moving sent items from any of server A folders into the single Sent folder on server B.
HTH
