[Dovecot] Incoming mails + remote backup

[minim]

Brian Candler wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 11:48:55PM -0700, minim wrote:
>> I have to take two copy of incoming mails on different servers(local &
>> remote). I am using plain server without any panel on it and using
>> sendmail,
>> pop3 server Dovecot. 
>> 
>> Is there a way(any configurations) to take a remote backup for all
>> incoming
>> mails? except configuring forwarder to each mail ID !!!!
> 
> Oh yes, quite a few:
> 
> * Do it on delivery (by configuring your MTA to deliver to two places at
>   once)
> 
> * Use a tool like imapsync to replicate the mailboxes using IMAP
>   periodically
> 
> * Use filesystem-level replication (e.g. rsync/unison, ZFS mirroring)
> 
> * Use block-level replication (e.g. drbd, Netapp snap-mirror)
> 
> Which you use will depend partly on what the replica is being used for,
> e.g. 
> just for archive/audit; how quickly it has to be in sync; what happens
> when
> the remote replica is unreachable; and whether you want to be able to
> failover to the replica for 'live' use, and fail back again.
> 
> B.
> 
> 


Thanks for responding.
Is it possible to configure MTA to deliver to remote servers? 
I have tried with imapsync and able to transfer single mail account to
remote server. Is there a way to transfer whole server's mail account using
imapsync? 



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