Hi, we run a dovecot mail-server with about 50GB of e-mail and at the moment users are responsebil for macking ther own backup of e-mails. But I'd like to have also a backup of the mail, beckause not all users do ther backups ... We use mbox-format-mailboxes. Any ideas how to backup the mailboxes without stopping the server, doing a backup to disk/tape/...? Thanks for any ideas ant tips! Regards G?tz Reinicke -- G?tz Reinicke IT Koordinator - IT OfficeNet Tel. +49 (0) 7141 - 969 420 Fax +49 (0) 7141 - 969 55 420 goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-W?rttemberg Mathildenstr. 20 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de
taras at elantech.ru
2006-May-02 07:27 UTC
[Dovecot] backup strategie - any ideas and tips
G?tz Reinicke ?????:> Hi, > > we run a dovecot mail-server with about 50GB of e-mail and at the > moment users are responsebil for macking ther own backup of e-mails. > > But I'd like to have also a backup of the mail, beckause not all users > do ther backups ... > > We use mbox-format-mailboxes. > > Any ideas how to backup the mailboxes without stopping the server, > doing a backup to disk/tape/...? > > Thanks for any ideas ant tips! > > > Regards > > G?tz ReinickeI think, it's not bad idea doing backup while delivering, i.e. create backup mailboxes for each user and tune MTA to deliver "blind carbon copy" to such shadow mailbox (in postfix loook at http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#recipient_bcc_maps parameter). -- ? ?????????, ?????? ????? "???????" +7 (495) 589 68 81 +7 (926) 575 22 11 http://www.elantech.ru