rsync or scp script for moving emails from one server to another

albatroz

• September 21, 2016 15:01

Hello, We recently moved a domain to another server but some new emails were not moved so I am looking for a sample scp or rsync command that I could use to move the emails from the old server. The idea is something like this: Source: IP1 /home/account/mail/domain.com/*/new Destination: IP2 /home/account/mail/domain.com/*/new I did something like this for one account but I need to repeat the process for all the email accounts: scp * root@IP:/home/account/mail/domain.com/username/new Any suggestion?

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  24x7server

  • September 22, 2016 12:06

  Hello :), Yes, you can migrate your all email accounts mail from old server to new server with the following command.
  rsync -av --progress /home/account/mail/domain.com/* DestinationServerIP:/home/account/mail/domain.com/
  

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 22, 2016 20:31

  Hello, Yes, it's possible to use a command like the one referenced in the previous response. Note you may want to run the following command on the destination server after copying the email data:
  /scripts/mailperm --username
  Thank you.

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  albatroz

  • March 14, 2017 17:16

  is there a way to force the recreation of index files of Dovecot after this sync process?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 14, 2017 17:23

  is there a way to force the recreation of index files of Dovecot after this sync process?

  
  Yes, you can remove the index files via the following script, as they are regenerated upon login:
  # /scripts/remove_dovecot_index_files /scripts/remove_dovecot_index_files Utility to remove Dovecot index files. Available options: --user [cPanel username] Remove Dovecot index files from all email accounts setup under the specified cPanel user. Can be specified more than once, to process multiple users at once. --reseller [reseller username] Remove Dovecot index files from all email accounts setup under all the cPanel accounts owned by the specified Reseller. Can be specified more than once, to process multiple resellers at once. --all Remove Dovecot index files from all email accounts setup on the server. --verbose Prints the full paths of the files being removed. --help Prints this help text.
  Thank you.

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  ulti

  • April 13, 2017 10:05

  Hi, after: rsync -av --progress /home/username/mail/domain.com/* DestinationServerIP:/home/username/mail/domain.com/ I have problem: No such user for all emails on domain.com /scripts/mailperm --username didn't help Any ideas ?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 13, 2017 13:59

  I have problem: No such user for all emails on domain.com

  
  Hello, You'd need to first re-create the email accounts via cPanel before syncing over the email data. Thank you.

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  HostT

  • March 29, 2018 17:33

  For reference, here's the rsync command I used to copy mail from a remote server, to the server the command is running on:
  rsync -avzh --progress root@REMOTESERVERHOST:/home/account/mail/domain.com/* /home/account/mail/domain.com/
  

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