Copying files over a network

[Rick]

Hi all,

I have an old mail/web/ftp server based on SME Server. I want to build a new
server and will need to copy all my email accounts from the old server to
the new server.

The old server is OLD, and does not support USB. I'm sure there is a way to
copy files/directories over the network but don't know the proper
command(s). I'd like to do something like cp -R but between two servers. Is
this possible?

Also, what linux distribution is favored these days? OpenSUSE, Gentoo,
Fedora?

My current setup uses, I think, qmail. The directory structure looks like
this:
drwx------    5 rwb      rwb          4096 Dec 21 04:24 .
drwxr-xr-x   38 root     root         4096 Oct  9 16:15 ..
drwxr-x---    2 rwb      rwb          4096 Aug  9  2005 home
drwx------    2 rwb      rwb          4096 Jun  5  2008 Mail
drwxr-x---    6 rwb      rwb          4096 Aug  9  2005 Maildir
-rw-------    1 rwb      rwb           415 Dec 20 10:42 procmail.log.1
-rw-------    1 rwb      rwb           374 Dec 12 16:11 procmail.log.2
-rw-r--r--    1 rwb      rwb          1220 Oct  1 21:09 .procmailrc
-rw-r-----    1 rwb      rwb           474 Oct 14  2005 .qmail
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     admin           6 Aug  9  2005 .qmail-default ->
.qmail

I am thinking about using postfix, and setting things up as decribed here:
http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/#software

(except, maybe, not using Ubuntu) I will want something compatible with my
current mail setup so I can copy all my old messages.

Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

~Rick
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