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)

cd /srv/
mkdir filter
vi export-filter.sh

Fill with the following line

#!/bin/bash
 
clear
 
echo "Retrieve zimbra user name..."
 
USERS=`su - zimbra -c 'zmprov -l gaa | sort'`;
 
for ACCOUNT in $USERS; do
NAME=`echo $ACCOUNT`;
filter=`su - zimbra -c "zmprov ga $NAME zimbraMailSieveScript" &gt; /tmp/$NAME`
 
sed -i -e "1d" /tmp/$NAME
sed 's/zimbraMailSieveScript: //g' /tmp/$NAME &gt; filter/$NAME
rm /tmp/$NAME
echo "Export filter for $NAME..."
done
echo "All filter has been export successfully"

Save and execute the script

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

1.cd /srv/

2.vi import-filter.sh

Fill with the following line

for file in /srv/filter/*
do
StrFilter=`cat "$file"`
Acc=`echo $file | cut -d "/" -f5`
su - zimbra -c "zmprov ma $Acc zimbraMailSieveScript '$StrFilter'"
echo "Process filter $Acc"
done
echo "All filter has been import successfully"

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

Good luck and hopefully useful

7 comments

Pankaj Daga says:

May 18, 2018 at 8:42 am

Hello Immanudin,

I receive following error while importing the filter.

Proses filter
usage: modifyAccount(ma) {name@domain|id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2…]]
For general help, type : zmprov –help
Proses filter
usage: modifyAccount(ma) {name@domain|id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2…]]
For general help, type : zmprov –help

1. iman says:
  
  May 19, 2018 at 7:29 am
  
  Hi Pankaj Daga,
  Could you please give me your sample script/file result of export? or you can use ZeXtras : http://zextras.com/ to export/import of all your data
  
landi says:

May 19, 2018 at 6:33 pm

same.
Process filter
usage: modifyAccount(ma) {name@domain|id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2…]]
For general help, type : zmprov –help
Process filter
usage: modifyAccount(ma) {name@domain|id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2…]]
For general help, type : zmprov –help
Process filter
usage: modifyAccount(ma) {name@domain|id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2…]]
For general help, type : zmprov –help

1. iman says:
  
  May 20, 2018 at 7:45 am
  
  Hi Landi,
  Could you please give me your sample script/file result of export? or you can use ZeXtras : http://zextras.com/ to export/import of all your data
  
Pankaj Daga says:

May 21, 2018 at 5:31 am

sample of export file

require [“fileinto”, “reject”, “tag”, “flag”];
# sales
if anyof (address :all :is :comparator “i;ascii-casemap” [“from”] “sales@xyz.com”) {
fileinto “/sales/sales”;
stop;
}

# hod
if anyof (address :all :is :comparator “i;ascii-casemap” [“from”] “hod@xyx.com”) {
fileinto “SACHIN”;
stop;
}

Landi Ahmed says:

May 21, 2018 at 7:29 pm

my sample export
# nagios1
if allof (address :all :contains :comparator “i;ascii-casemap” [“from”] “nagios@dms.kenic.or.ke”) {
fileinto “Inbox/nagios”;
stop;
}

Thaamaraiselvan says:

November 23, 2020 at 4:01 am

While importing we need to change this line

Acc=`echo $file | cut -d “/” -f5`
to
Acc=`echo $file | cut -d “/” -f4`

This will import your filter rules.

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