---
name: "cyrus2courier"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyrus2courier"
version: "1.4-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyrus2courier"
---

# cyrus2courier(1)

converts Cyrus mailbox format to Maildir

## NAME

cyrus2courier - converts Cyrus mailbox format to Maildir

## SYNOPSIS

**cyrus2courier** \[*options*\] *cyrusdir courierdir mailbox*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **cyrus2courier** command.

**cyrus2courier** is a program to convert a single mailbox from Cyrus-Imap (versions 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 2.0 and 2.1.x) into the Maildir++ format used by the Courier-Imap and Dovecot IMAP servers.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Be verbose.  Use multiple times to increase verbosity.

- **-q, --quota-dir=\<dir\>**

  Use the specified Cyrus quota-files directory.

- **-s, --subscribe-dir=\<dir\>**

  Use the specified Cyrus subscribe-files directory.

- **-e, --seen-dir=\<dir\>**

  Use the specified Cyrus seen-files directory.

- **-x, --hashed=\[s\]\[q\]\[e\]**

  Cyrus hashed (s)ubscribe/(q)uota/s(e)en directories.

- **-d, --dovecot**

  Write Dovecot-compatible files.

## AUTHOR

cyrus2courier was written by Alexander Marx \<mad@madness.at\>.

This manual page was written by Roberto C. Sanchez \<roberto@familiasanchez.net\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## BUGS

Only mail-size quotas are migrated; mail-count quotas are ignored.