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#!/bin/cat
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.166 2014/01/27 02:23:30 gilles Exp gilles $
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.175 2014/05/21 01:20:20 gilles Exp gilles $
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| FAQ for imapsync |
@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ R2. It can be done, depending on the email server softwares used.
a) From Exchange to Exchange, export contacts and calendar to
PST format files on host1 and import them on host2.
b) From Gmail to Gmail, export and import calandars in ical format,
b) From Gmail to Gmail, export and import calendars in ical format,
extension for those files is .ics.
Contacts can be copied using a csv file. See the help page
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1669027
@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ The ... can be replaced by nothing or any supplementary imapsync option.
=======================================================================
Q. Where I can find old imapsync releases?
R. Search the internet.
R. Search the Internet.
=======================================================================
Q. Where I can find free open and gratis imapsync releases?
R. Search the internet.
R. Search the Internet.
Q. Is is legal to find imapsync gratis (or not) elsewhere?
@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ R. Yes
Q. How can I fix this?
R. The cache path reflects hostnames or ip adresses, just change the
R. The cache path reflects hostnames or ip addresses, just change the
directory names of host1 or host2. Use --dry to see if next runs
will generate duplucates.
will generate duplicates.
By default the cache is like
/tmp/imapsync_cache/host1/user1/host2/user2/...
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Notes about --useuid
Case where building the cache first is necessary (to avoid multiples transfers)
If you run again imapsync with --useuid on a transfert already done without --useuid
If you run again imapsync with --useuid on a transfer already done without --useuid
then, to avoid messages be copied again, first run imapsync with --usecache
but without --useuid, example scenario:
@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ B] I began with --useuid from the first time
Inodes number issue
The cache is simple, it uses the filsystem natively,
The cache is simple, it uses the file-system natively,
it's just an empty file per message transfered.
When mailboxes are huge the cache can exhaust the number of inodes
allowed in the filesystem, that's a limitation like size but less
@ -430,13 +430,13 @@ It looks like you use POP3 instead of IMAP, POP3 has only INBOX.
=======================================================================
Q. I am interested in creating a local clone of the IMAP on a LAN
server for faster synchronisations, email will always be delivered
to the remote server and so the synchronisation will be one way - from
server for faster synchronizations, email will always be delivered
to the remote server and so the synchronization will be one way - from
remote to local. How suited is imapsync for continuous one-way
synchronisation of mailboxes? Is there a better solution?
synchronization of mailboxes? Is there a better solution?
R. If messages are delivered remotely and you play locally with the
copy, in order to have fast access, then the synchronisation can't
copy, in order to have fast access, then the synchronization can't
be one way. You may change flags, you may move messages in
different folders etc.
@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ messages on both sides but it uses their imap uid. In that case
duplicates on host1 are transfered on host2.
=======================================================================
Q. How can I remove duplicates on a uniq host
Q. How can I remove duplicates on a unique host
R. Just run imapsync on the same account with option --delete2,
ie with host1 == host2 and user1 == user2
@ -535,6 +535,34 @@ http://code.google.com/p/wintee/
imapsync ... 2>&1 | tee log.txt
=======================================================================
Q. Can I run more instances of imapsync in parallel on a Windows host.
R. Yes!
Q. Any performance issue?
You have to try and check the transfer rates, sum them up to
have a uniq numeric criteria.
There is always a limit, depending on remote imap servers
and the one running imapsync;
CPU, memory, Inputs/Outputs are the classical bottlenecks,
the worst is the winner that sets the limit.
examples/sync_loop_windows.bat says
...
REM ==== Parallel executions ====
REM If you want to do parallel runs of imapsync then this current script is a good start.
REM Just copy it several times and replace, on each copy, the csvfile variable value.
REM Instead of SET csvfile=file.txt write for example
REM SET csvfile=file01.txt in the first copy
REM then also
REM SET csvfile=file02.txt in the second copy etc.
REM Of course you also have to split the data contained in file.txt
REM into file01.txt file02.txt etc.
REM After that, just double-click on each batch file to launch each process
=======================================================================
Q. I run multiple imapsync applications at the same time then get a
warning "imapsync.pid already exists, overwriting it".
@ -563,7 +591,7 @@ R. Some servers take care about character case in folder names,
and the host2 server already has a folder "Trash" or "TRASH"
then imapsync will try to create the folder "trash" on host2,
because trash and Trash are different strings. But if host2
does not repect character case it will consider folder "trash"
does not respect character case it will consider folder "trash"
already exists and will say it, that's the error message
reported by imapsync: "Mailbox already exists", message coming
from the server.
@ -592,7 +620,7 @@ Example:
sep1 = /
sep2 = .
imapsync reverts each separator automaticaly.
imapsync reverts each separator automatically.
a) All / character coming from host1 are converted to . (convert the separator)
b) All . character coming from host1 are converted to / (to avoid
@ -602,7 +630,7 @@ So
INBOX/Ops.foo.bar (Ops.foo.bar is just one folder name) will be translated to
INBOX.Ops/foo/bar
Sometimes the sep1 character is not valid on host2 (character "/" usualy)
Sometimes the sep1 character is not valid on host2 (character "/" usually)
R. Try :
@ -853,7 +881,7 @@ For example to convert flag $label1 to \label1
imapsync ... --regexflag "s/\$label1/\\label1/g" --debugflags
=======================================================================
Q. I need to keep only a defind list of flags, how can I do?
Q. I need to keep only a defined list of flags, how can I do?
The destination imap server complains about bad flags (Exchange).
R1. Recent imapsync deals with this issue by filter with PERMANENTFLAGS
@ -895,7 +923,7 @@ Recent imapsync deals with this issue by filter with PERMANENTFLAGS
automatically.
=======================================================================
Q. Flags are not well synchonized. Is it a bug?
Q. Flags are not well synchronized. Is it a bug?
R. It happens with some servers on the first sync.
Also, it was a bug from revision 1.200 to revision 1.207
@ -1030,7 +1058,7 @@ Q: I'm trying to use imapsync on win32 for gmail and it requires ssl.
Imapsync appears to require IO::Socket::SSL. What can I do?
R1: use standalone imapsync.exe, it contains IO::Socket::SSL
Perl module embeded.
Perl module embedded.
R2: Module IO::Socket::SSL is available on Win32
with Strawberry Perl.
@ -1122,7 +1150,7 @@ or maybe
--exclude '^"public\.'
In the example given the character "." is the folder separator, you
can ommit it. Just take the string as it appears on the imapsync
can omit it. Just take the string as it appears on the imapsync
output line :
From folders list : [INBOX] [public.dreams] [etc.]
@ -1247,6 +1275,18 @@ As it seems you need to use the mailNickname (e.g. alias) defined
for user2, not the username itself.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2004/03/31/105275.aspx
A little note from John Becker.
After you pointed out that I had issues with authorization, I realized that
as an admin user I don't have all the rights on the mailboxes.
So I added myself to the user mailbox with full rights.
I also changed the login type on the Exchange CAS to type 1, plain text.
The command that I used for imapsync is:
imapsync ... ^
--host2 exchange-server ^
--user2 "windows-domain\admin-user\aaaa" ^
--password2 admin-password ...
======================================================================
Q. How to migrate from or to Office 365 with an admin/authuser account?
@ -1342,7 +1382,7 @@ another without recreating the folder structure and the target server.
R. Yes.
For example, to synchronize all messages in all forders on host1
For example, to synchronize all messages in all folders on host1
to folder INBOX only on host2:
1) First try (safe mode):
@ -1364,7 +1404,7 @@ imapsync \
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Q. I have moved from Braunschweig to Graz, so I would like to have my
whole Braunschweig mail sorted into a subfolder INBOX.Braunschweig
whole Braunschweig mail sorted into a sub-folder INBOX.Braunschweig
of my new mail account.
R.
@ -1453,7 +1493,7 @@ a) Manually:
1) You create a folder INBOX.2010-INBOX
2) Mostly every email software allow sorting by date. In INBOX, you
select from 1 january to 31 december 2010 messages with the shift key.
select from 1 January to 31 December 2010 messages with the shift key.
(in mutt, use ~d)
3) Cut/paste in INBOX.2010-INBOX
@ -1554,47 +1594,64 @@ format issues. And now it works fine. (Thanks to Hansjoerg.Maurer)
Server specific issues and solutions
=======================================================================
=======================================================================
Q. From XXX to Exchange 2010/2013 or Office365
R. Here is a command line resume that solves most encountered issues when
migrating to Exchange or Office365. To understand or change the
details you have to read next Q/R sections.
On Windows:
imapsync ... ^
--maxsize 10000000 ^
--maxlinelength 9900 ^
--regexflag "s/\\Flagged//g" ^
--disarmreadreceipts
On Unix:
imapsync ... \
--maxsize 10000000 \
--maxlinelength 9900 \
--regexflag "s/\\Flagged//g" \
--disarmreadreceipts
=======================================================================
Q. From XXX to Exchange 2013 or Office365 read receipts are all resent
again after a sync. Even for old messages. How can I fix that?
Q. From XXX to Exchange 2013 or Office365 read receipts are all
resent again after a sync. Even for old messages. How can I fix that?
R. imapsync can remove the header containing this read receipt request.
On Unix, add:
On Unix or Windows use:
--regexmess 's{\A(.*?(?! ^$))(^Disposition-Notification-To:.*?\n)}{$1}gxms'
imapsync ... --disarmreadreceipts
On Windows, add:
--regexmess "s{\A(.*?(?! ^$))(^Disposition-Notification-To:.*?\n)}{$1}gxms"
Since those read receipts should be sent for unseen messages going
Since read receipts should be sent for unseen messages that will go
to a seen state after the migration, you could be strict and apply
the regex only to seen messages.
Selecting seen message can be done with:
imapsync ... --search1 "SEEN" --regexmess "..."
imapsync ... --search1 "SEEN" --disarmreadreceipts
Of course a second run has to be run without the --regexmess for
unseen messages:
imapsync ... --search1 "SEEN"
imapsync ... --search1 "UNSEEN"
If you want to keep the header content and still suppress read receipts
then use the following instead, it adds a prefix "X-" to "Disposition-Notification-To:"
If fact --disarmreadreceipts is just an option equivalent to:
--regexmess 's{\A(.*?(?! ^$))^Disposition-Notification-To:(.*?)$}{$1X-Disposition-Notification-To:$2}igxms'
The small regex remove the header Disposition-Notification-To, the long one
replace it so users can still see messages had a Disposition-Notification-To
header before.
That regex prefixes the header Disposition-Notification-To with an X-
so that it becomes inactive.
I will add an option to set this regex.
Thanks to David Karnowski for pointing and solving this issue.
=======================================================================
Q. From XXX to Exchange 2013 or Office365 I get this error message
Q. From XXX to Exchange 2010/2013 or Office365 I get this error message
sometimes: "BAD Command Argument Error 11"
R. This error message comes from Exchange IMAP server when it
@ -1602,9 +1659,10 @@ R. This error message comes from Exchange IMAP server when it
* Some messages are bigger than the size limit. 10 MB by default
on Exchange. It can be upped by configuration for Exchange.
If you configure this limit then use option --maxsize 10000000
for 10 MB, change it if needed) to tell imapsync to skip those messages.
This value is 25 MB for Office365 --maxsize 25000000
If you can't configure this limit then use option
--maxsize 10000000 for 10 MB, change it if needed) to tell
imapsync to skip those messages.
This value is 25 MB by default for Office365 --maxsize 25000000
imapsync ... --maxsize 10000000 # 10 MB for Exchange
@ -1617,9 +1675,9 @@ R. This error message comes from Exchange IMAP server when it
* Some messages have some lines too long. Use option --maxlinelength
to skip messages whose max line length is over a number of bytes.
--maxlinelength 1000 is a RFC2822 must but most server support
higher values.
higher values. Exchange supports 9900:
imapsync ... --maxlinelength 1000
imapsync ... --maxlinelength 9900
Have also in mind that Exchange closes the connection after 10 errors
encountered so you might also see "BYE Connection closed" errors from
@ -1685,7 +1743,7 @@ and report me what you discover in case you detect something.
The --addheader option is there because "Sent" folder messages
sometimes lack the "Message-Id:" and "Received:" headers needed
by imapsync to identify messages (only when --useuid is not used).
So option --addheader adds a "Message-Id" header consiting fo
So option --addheader adds a "Message-Id" header consisting of
the imap UID of the message on the host1 folder, like
"Message-Id: 12345@imapsync".
@ -1696,8 +1754,11 @@ the imap UID of the message on the host1 folder, like
--regextrans2 "s/[ ]+/_/g" is there to convert blank characters not
accepted by gmail to character _ underscore. In fact only leading
and trailing blank characters are problems with gmail, and
also succesive blank ending whith the IMAP error
also successive blanks ending with the IMAP error
"NO [CANNOT] Folder contains excess whitespace (Failure)"
If you want to change only leading and trailing blank characters
then use instead:
--regextrans2 "s,(/|^) +,\$1,g" --regextrans2 "s, +(/|$),\$1,g"
--regextrans2 "s/[\^]/_/g" is mandatory. It converts, since
not accepted by gmail, character ^ to character _ underscore.
@ -1718,9 +1779,9 @@ You can add --folder "INBOX.Sent" in the example in case
you want to sync only the "Sent" folder.
You can select folders exported to imap within the gmail preferences,
unselect all "System labels" depending on your needs.
unselect some "System labels", depending on your needs.
The "All Mail" archive pseudo-folder should be updated automaticaly.
The "All Mail" archive pseudo-folder should be updated automatically.
@ -1803,7 +1864,7 @@ syncs folders (Gmail labels) using the classical alphanumeric order.
--folderlast "CanWait" will sync only messages that have the
label CanWait and only it.
--folderlast "[Gmail]/All Mail", in conjonction with option
--folderlast "[Gmail]/All Mail", in conjunction with option
--skipcrossduplicates, will only put in "[Gmail]/All Mail"
the messages that are not labeled at all.
@ -2115,8 +2176,8 @@ Any user having time to spend to debug Exchange2007 with imapsync
is welcome.
R2. Other solution
Two users succeded by using "MS Transporter Suite" (which is closed
expensive nonfree software).
Two users succeeded by using "MS Transporter Suite" (which is closed
expensive non-free software).
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Q. From Microsoft Exchange 2000 IMAP4rev1 server version 6.0.6487.0.
@ -2141,6 +2202,50 @@ Q. From or to QQMail IMAP4Server
R. imapsync ... --noabletosearch
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Q. From FirstClass to XXX
http://www.firstclass.com/
R. Migrating from FirstClass is not easy because FirstClass, strangely,
does not show all messages via IMAP. To make it show all messages,
a trick, painful to follow by hand, is moving emails
out and back in, for each folder. May be it can be done by a script.
FirstClass releases prior to release 12 do not shows the "Sent"
folder in IMAP but FirstClass release 12 shows it.
I advice you to upgrade to FirstClass release 12 before leaving it
with imapsync or another imap tool.
Here is a command line used to migrate from FirtClass release 12:
imapsync ... \
--tmpdir /var/tmp --usecache \
--useheader Message-ID \
--idatefromheader \
--addheader \
--regextrans2 "s,(/|^) +,\$1,g" --regextrans2 "s, +(/|$),\$1,g" \
--regextrans2 "s/[\^]/_/g" \
--regextrans2 "s/['\"\\\\]/_/g" \
--regextrans2 "s,&AC8-,-,g" \
--regextrans2 "s,&APg-,oe,g" \
--noabletosearch
Special thanks to Kristian Wind for helping me to write this FAQ item.
See also this worth reading discussion in a Zimbra forum:
http://www.zimbra.com/forums/migration/20349-help-needed-migrating-firstclass.html
======================================================================
Q. From XXX to FTGate
R. Do NOT use --usecache since new UIDs are not given by FTGate and also
badly guessed by imapsync. UIDEXPUNGE does not work so use also
--expunge2 when using --delete2
imapsync ... \
--sep2 / --prefix2 "" \
--useheader Message-Id \
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Q: How can I write an .rpm with imapsync
@ -2149,7 +2254,7 @@ R. You'll find an RPM imapsync.spec file in the directory learn/rpm/
https://svn.fysik.dtu.dk/projects/rpmbuild/trunk/SPECS/imapsync.spec
It has been tested with imapsync 1.434 (May 2011) on CentOS5
and RedHat RHEL5 Linux. (Thanks to Ole Holm Nielsen).
This imapsync.spec is derivated from Neil Brown work in 2007.
This imapsync.spec is coming from Neil Brown work in 2007.
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Q. Where I can read up on the various IMAP RFCs?