How To Export/Import Filter on Zimbra Mail Server

Filter is one of many attribute that should be migrate from old Zimbra to the new Zimbra. After previously success migrating Signature from old to the new Zimbra, this is what i do for migrating filter from old to the new Zimbra.

Export (on the old Zimbra)

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1.cd /srv/

2.mkdir filter

3.vi export-filter.sh

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01.#!/bin/bash

02. 

03.clear

04. 

05.echo "Retrieve zimbra user name..."

06. 

07.USERS=`su - zimbra -c 'zmprov -l gaa | sort'`;

08. 

09.for ACCOUNT in $USERS; do

10.NAME=`echo $ACCOUNT`;

11.filter=`su - zimbra -c "zmprov ga $NAME zimbraMailSieveScript" > /tmp/$NAME`

12. 

13.sed -i -e "1d" /tmp/$NAME

14.sed 's/zimbraMailSieveScript: //g' /tmp/$NAME > filter/$NAME

15.rm /tmp/$NAME

16.echo "Export filter for $NAME..."

17.done

18.echo "All filter has been export successfully"

Save and execute the script

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1.chmod +x /srv/export-filter.sh

2.sh /srv/export-filter.sh

results of the above script are all file which is located in /srv/filter folder. Copy filter folder (and all files) to the new Zimbra

Import (on the new Zimbra)

Assuming filter folder (from old Zimbra) is placed in /srv/ folder. Make a script for import filter

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1.cd /srv/

2.vi import-filter.sh

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1.for file in /srv/filter/*

2.do

3.StrFilter=`cat "$file"`

4.Acc=`echo $file | cut -d "/" -f5`

5.su - zimbra -c "zmprov ma $Acc zimbraMailSieveScript '$StrFilter'"

6.echo "Process filter $Acc"

7.done

8.echo "All filter has been import successfully"

Please wait script until done and check either account who has filter.

Good luck and hopefully useful