Copying IMAP spool from one server to another

[Craig McLean]

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Dave MacRae wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently installed a Fedora 4 based system and want to use it as my
> main mail server. I've installed dovecot and Squirrelmail successfully
> and both work.
> 
> My issue is that my current mail spool is located on another server
> (Dreamhost) to which I can't get direct access to the mail folders.
> 
> Is there an easy way to copy my mailspool from the existing server to my
> new server?

You could use thunderbird/kmail/whatever and drag-drop the mail over to
the new local IMAP folders, or you could use fetchmail,
http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/

Regards,
C.
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