Migrating from Maildir to OSX server mail

Hi,
I have a Linux machine running Qmail (smtp, pop), Courier (imap) and Squirrelmail.
About 20 users on the machine.
Most users use webmail only.
The users are all 'virtual' users, under vpopmail.
This machine uses Maildir for mail storage.
I want to move all mail to the new OSX server.
The new server will be working the same way - webmail.
I'm not sure where to start.
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
-Jeff
Message was edited by: agostini
Message was edited by: agostini
Message was edited by: agostini

agostini,
I've successfully moved users off a similar setup (Debian Linux, Courier IMAP, SquirrelMail) to my new Xserve. I used imapsync-1.239
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/dist/
(it's about halfway down the page - Dec 2007 release)
I initially tried using the MacPorts install of the same version, but it constantly failed to authenticate with the Xserve. I have my Xserve setup for always using CRAM-MD5 auth. (Make sure you have all of the Perl MD5 modules install, including the optional ones, if you use MD5 auth). So, I downloaded it and compiled it directly. This eventually worked and with only a couple of bad emails, out of thousands, that did not transfer. It also will retain flags set on the previous server (seen, replied, etc.). I ran it from the Xserve and connected to the Linux box remotely.
I have no experience with Qmail.
If you use procmail on the Linux machine though, you will need to recreate those scripts as sieve scripts on the Mac. I found the SquirrelMail plugin for sieve scripts most helpful.
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