Move mailbox from one user to another?

Greets -
Running Mail on OS X Server 10.5.8, and I'm trying to move a folder from one user to another. I thought this would do it:
cp -pPR /var/spool/imap/user/user1/folder /var/spool/imap/user/user2
It does copy, of course, and appears to have the same ownership and permissions as the other folders, but it doesn't show up. Is there some other kind of blessing required, or probably a better way to copy it than that cp command? Forgive me essentially weak unix skills....
Many thanks,
z

you need to set the cyrus acl, using cyradm or easier is with SirAdmin
-or take the simple route-
setup your mail program with both imap accounts and drag the folder from one account to the other.

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