Re: [cobalt-users] Transfering Collected Mail

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shannon Rogers wrote:

> I'm replacing my raq2 w/ a raq3i. Both are set up w/ the same accounts. How
> do I transfer the collected mail on the raq2 to the raq3?

Very carefully <smile>.

/home/spool/mail/username is a text-directory.


1.  Start the new server, put it online on a new IP#, and install the
sites and users.

2.  Change DNS to point to the new server.

3.  When DNS has propagated to the NEW server and everyone is hitting
the new server (and not before), turn off SMTP on the old RaQ.

3. Move all the /home/spool/mail/username files to your new RaQ.  Put
them in /temp, which should be a symbolic link to
/home/sites/home/users/admin/temp.

4. For each username, move /temp/username to
/home/spool/mail/username-old

5. Turn off SMTP on your new RaQ.

6. For each username, copy /home/spool/mail/username to
/home/spool/username-new

7. For each username, "cat /home/spool/mail/username-old
/home/spool/mail/username-new > home/spool/mail/username (this will
retain the proper user/group ownerships and rights)

8.  Turn backon SMTP on the NEW RaQ

9.  Remove all the /home/spool/mail/username-old and
/home/spool/mail/username-new files.

Wait a day before you try this in case I've left something out and
someone posts a corection <smile>; it's getting late and I'm getting
tired.

Jeff
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