Backup mails without using the Backup-Manager

[HenningJ]

Hey there,


my server (resp. Plesk) has various problems I postet there: backup_Extension_Serializer_Interface_Array-/Backup- Error after Downtime of Server
No matter, I change to a different server.
Now, I tried to do a backup via SSH-Access - since the Plesk-Panel does not work - that threw various errors. And of course I was not able to load this "buggy" backup into my new System.
So I am able to create the customers by hand on my new server including the mail-accounts.
I got the mail-passwords using this method: http://adriansauer.com/2010/05/26/plesk-emailaccounts-und-passworter-auslesen/
Even the website-content and databases aren't that problem, because I have phpMyAdmin- and even FTP-Access for all websites.
So my main problem is to transfer the mails to the new system. Services like web.de offer the opportunity to fetch mail from another mailing-account (on a different system) using IMAP-/POP-Methods. Can I do the same with Plesk and I just didn't find the right button? If not this would be a great feature.
Is there any possibility to get all mails to the new server?

Old System:
- Debian 6
- Plesk 11.5.30
- Postfix Mail Server

New System:
- CentOS 6.5
- Plesk 11.5.30 #Update36
- Postfix Mail Server

Thank you for any help

HenningJ

 

[KristianM]

Hi Henning,

basicly all mails are stored below /var/qmail/mailnames

So if you actually have all your mailboxes created again, you could just use rsync to migrate all mails.
You should check permissions prior and after migration. Plesk would be able to migrate but only using the migration manager, which you can't use anymore

You could also try pleskbackup Utility with --only-mail option.

Regards,
Kristian

 

[HenningJ]

The rsync-method worked well, thank you

# rsync -av --delete -e ssh root@oldserverip:/var/qmail/mailnames /var/qmail