<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:17 PM, C M Reinehr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmr@amsent.com">cmr@amsent.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Rick,<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
On Mon 22 December 2008 12:34, Rick wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I have an old mail/web/ftp server based on SME Server. I want to build a<br>
> new server and will need to copy all my email accounts from the old server<br>
> to the new server.<br>
><br>
> The old server is OLD, and does not support USB. I'm sure there is a way to<br>
> copy files/directories over the network but don't know the proper<br>
> command(s). I'd like to do something like cp -R but between two servers. Is<br>
> this possible?<br>
<br>
</div>Well, if the old server is running ftp, then that's probably the easiest way<br>
to transfer your files. Update your ftp configuration to allow you to log in<br>
from your new server. Archive your files with tar and copy them into the ftp<br>
directory where you can grab (get) them from the new server.</blockquote><div><br>Thanks, CMR. That was my first thought. But I don't have enough space on my old server for the tarball. So I need to copy the files. rsync seems to work, so far.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Also, what linux distribution is favored these days? OpenSUSE, Gentoo,<br>
> Fedora?<br>
<br>
</div>Debian, of course! ;-)<br>
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</div>HTH!<br>
<br>
cmr<br>
<br>
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