Backup and restore cPanel e-mail accounts by domain. You can use this script to move e-mailboxes between cPanel accounts.

.gitignore

cpanel-mailbox-files

cpanel-mailbox.sh

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Do want to backup or restore? " ACTION
read -p "cPanel username? " USER
read -p "Which domain? " DOMAIN

HOMEDIR=/home/$USER
if [ ! -d "$HOMEDIR" ]
then
  echo "User doesn't exists."
  exit 1
fi

BACKUPDIR=`pwd`/cpanel-mailbox-files
mkdir -p $BACKUPDIR

if [ "$ACTION" = "backup" ];
  then

  pushd $HOMEDIR
  tar -cf $BACKUPDIR/$DOMAIN.tar mail/$DOMAIN etc/$DOMAIN
  popd
  
  pushd /etc/valiases
  tar -cf $BACKUPDIR/$DOMAIN-aliases.tar $DOMAIN
  popd
  
  echo "Backup e-mail accounts for $DOMAIN is ready."

elif [ "$ACTION" = "restore" ];
  then

  pushd $HOMEDIR
  tar -xf $BACKUPDIR/$DOMAIN.tar
  chown -R $USER:$USER mail/$DOMAIN
  chown -R $USER:mail etc/$DOMAIN
  popd
  
  pushd /etc/valiases
  tar -xf $BACKUPDIR/$DOMAIN-aliases.tar
  chown $USER:mail $DOMAIN
  popd

  echo "Restoring e-mail accounts for $DOMAIN is ready."

else
  echo "Please provide an action (backup,restore)"
fi