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Import Maildir into Dovecot – Mailinabox

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  1. Change the file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf to add this lines (I added all of them at top of the file)

mail_plugins = $mail_plugins zlib

plugin {
zlib_save_level = 6 # 1…9; default is 6
zlib_save = gz # or bz2, xz or lz4
}
  1. change the file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf . You have to find this line
mail_plugins = $mail_plugins antispam

And change it to this line

mail_plugins = $mail_plugins antispam zlib
  1. Edit the file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf

In the file you have to put the following:

protocol imap {
mail_plugins = $mail_plugins antispam imap_zlib
}
  1. Edit the file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-lmtp.conf
    and put:
protocol lmtp {
mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve zlib
}

And then restart the server

  • Copy the old mail dir
  • Fix the file permissions and access
    replace /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes with the the maildir path after the old maildir has been copied

sudo chown -R mail:mail /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes

find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type d -exec chmod 700 -R {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f -exec chmod 600 {} \;

find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type d -name Maildir -exec chmod 700 -R {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f \( -name '.sieve' -o -name '.sieve.svbin' \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f \( -name 'dovecot-uidlist' -o -name 'dovecot-uidvalidity' -o -name 'dovecot.index*' -o -name 'maildirsize'  \) -exec chmod 600 {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f \( -name 'dovecot-uidvalidity.*'  \) -exec chmod 444 {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f \( -name 'subscriptions' \) -exec chmod 744 {} \;
find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f \( -name 'subscriptions' \) -exec sh -c 'echo "Junk" >> "$1"' -- {} \;
sudo chown -R mail:mail /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes


find /home/user-data/mail/mailboxes -type f -name '*dovecot*' -exec rm {} +


sudo service dovecot restart

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