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Mail server migration. For each mailbox, a migration utility is started on a target server to get a list of message IDs that have already been migrated. The command “list-message-ids” is executed. The migration utility is started on the source server in a backup mode. The “backup” command is executed. Then, the migration utility is started on the target server in a restore mode. A “restore” command is executed. The migration utility on the source server provides mail messages to a standard output. The migration utility on the target server accepts mail messages on the standard input and restores them. An RPC agent transfers data via TCP once it gets it from the migration utility on the source server. The migration module receives data from the RPC agent and puts data to the standard input of the migration utility on the target server as soon as it receives it.
