From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 15:58:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CABFC99E for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-f49.google.com (mail-qg0-f49.google.com [209.85.192.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 893282415 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:58:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f49.google.com with SMTP id j107so9730799qga.36 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:58:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Z/lMWm/RbviY5l7lS3s35SoArwS5chRYcRF450VH2ww=; b=SRXtFNesFcNhKYFxdZKm0j32MsCZMNe6phkWHUlJbWWB/9Kv57fAREWQ1XJTXxe1m4 NxasutsoixT25tCyp9mrPPVxpE4ohaf2yWjRCMYLe7zaB2SmNz4aUDtJHzgaNxxJ06b/ fjAA75Bwsn2HSEGtGqpVi9tj2oW/DYA6VHgHxZFhf4PtByYDoWsln7lFPLYOfYTIVnn4 DPQTUtSa9wdgq1MS3GCwSHoPaKplxjoMkXUrckAI8Fku+kdA1B90pyuC1CvJng7ukx0s N8X9Sf7oR8lMnqseQQwLG9bddtjP9adiKdQtYVp6PXQwQ5595Z5fsojly4WdCITC/GZk axfQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkuDFiZM0HohLNw3kQNnloyXG/o/nmTIn5pEI+ulon4GvApncU849PVFMydmUkSAu0Zv5bA X-Received: by 10.140.47.129 with SMTP id m1mr7592276qga.95.1407859127181; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.65] ([96.236.21.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f7sm12194552qas.49.2014.08.12.08.58.46 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:58:46 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: How to transfer Mail from old machine to new FreeBSD box .... From: Paul Kraus In-Reply-To: <53EA391E.9050609@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:58:46 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7A2FA757-C28D-4441-9E00-F745468EBF96@kraus-haus.org> References: <53EA391E.9050609@hiwaay.net> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" , FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:58:54 -0000 On Aug 12, 2014, at 11:56, William A. Mahaffey III = wrote: > .... Well, I am down to the snorting post, the last task I need to = complete before putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 box into service, replacing = this one (AMD64X2 3800+, FC14 64-bit, terminally patched up several = years ago). Unfortunately, it looks like a bit of a doozy. I need to get = the Mail directory from the old machine to the new one. To start with, I = just copied the whole thing. 35 min. later when it was done, I invoked = T-bird on the FreeBSD box & none of the Mail-directory was visible :-/. = That method worked AOK the last time I used it, 10+ years ago when I put = the old box into service :-). That was also the last time I tried, last = time I needed to do that. Is what I am doing supposed to work ? If not, = how am I supposed to do this ? Mind you, there are yearly archives going = back into the '90's, which I want preserved. The whole Mail directory is = ~20 GiB :-/ .... thunderbird.x86_64 17.0.7-1.fc14.remi on the Fedora = box, thunderbird 31 on the FreeBSD (box std,) .... TIA for any pointers = =85. How is your client accessing the email? IMAP? Did you remember to install and setup your IMAP server? I use dovecot. = Remember to use the same format on the new box (either MailDir or = Mailbox, whichever you used on the old). Or just setup the IMAP server on the new box, configure your email = client to see both, and use it to move the email over. -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org