Migrate
On destination host Install Rocky 8 or 9 qmailctl stop && systemctl stop dovecot
On source host
dhost=192.168.1.3 (change to suit)
ssh-keygen
ssh-copy-id $dhost
ssh $dhost
# The first rsync migrates the bulk of the email database except those queued during sync rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /home/vpopmail/domains/ root@$dhost:/home/vpopmail/domains
qmailctl stop && systemctl stop dovecot
mysqldump -u root -p vpopmail > vpopmail.sql scp vpopmail.sql root@$dhost:/root
# The second rsync, services stopped, migrates the balance of the email database # and control files rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /home/vpopmail/domains/ root@$dhost:/home/vpopmail/domains rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /var/qmail/control/ root@$dhost:/var/qmail/control rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /var/qmail/users/ root@$dhost:/var/qmail/users rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /etc/tcprules.d/ root@$dhost:/etc/tcprules.d rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /etc/dovecot/toaster.conf root@$dhost:/etc/dovecot rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /etc/dovecot/local.conf root@$dhost:/etc/dovecot
# Not necessary to the migration rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /usr/share/toaster/include/admin.pass root@$dhost:/usr/share/toaster/include rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /usr/share/toaster/include/admin.htpasswd root@$dhost:/usr/share/toaster/include rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/ root@$dhost:/usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /etc/spamassassin/.spamassassin/ root@$dhost:/etc/spamassassin/.spamassassin rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /etc/spamassassin/local.cf root@$dhost:/etc/spamassassin rsync --progress -zv -are ssh /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/ root@$dhost:/var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs
On destination host mysql -u root -p vpopmail < vpopmail.sql qmailctl cdb && qmailctl start && sleep 2s && systemctl start dovecot && toaststat
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