Migration from Desknow v 3.2.10

[dandus]

I am now using Desknow v 3.2.10 and have been thinking of migrating over to the latest Zimbra. Has anybody tried this before? Grateful if the kind soul and shed some light?

Existing:
Desknow 3.2.10
Windows XP
PostgreSQL
Apache

Future:
Zimbra Open Source Edition
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Apache

[dandus]

Desknow vesion I used allows only POP3 access.

Looking at how Desknow is storing the data, it has the following directory structure:

desknowdata\

usermail\

<domain>\

<user>\

Inbox\

11a8ccfd307_N93M_34-0.eml

11a8ccfd307_N93M_50-0.eml

11a9e179bdc_49LX_8-0.eml

*.eml

Drafts\

Sent\

Deleted\

Folders\

FromFriends\

FromColleagues\

At the lowest are those .eml files.

[uxbod]

Wiki :: User Migration would be a good starting point.

[dandus]

I have spent some time studying Desknow, the Zimbra CLI and the REST interface. The purpose is to come up with an automated means for the migration. I have an alpha version of the script which I have 99% successful in migrating ~20 mail accounts and ~28,000 mails.

The script just need to be cleaned up a little such as parameterise some settings (eg. domain, desknowdata directory location etc). I am preparing the publication of the script to Wiki::Mail Migration (from Deskow). Please stay tune.

[dandus]

Originally Posted by dandus

I have spent some time studying Desknow, the Zimbra CLI and the REST interface. The purpose is to come up with an automated means for the migration. I have an alpha version of the script which I have 99% successful in migrating ~20 mail accounts and ~28,000 mails.

The script just need to be cleaned up a little such as parameterise some settings (eg. domain, desknowdata directory location etc). I am preparing the publication of the script to Wiki::Mail Migration (From Desknow)

Comments are welcome.

[cocasal]

Hello dandus, thanks for the script, we will use it unless I can connect trought imap

I want to ask you about the calendar and tasks migration..any clues? What do you suggest?

Regards