backing up IMAP server on a hard drive

[Kevin Laurie]

Dear Rick,
Thanks for your feedback.
I think rsync might be a better option. Its(imap server)with gmail so I
dont think it would work .

Furthermore I am running a linux system(Ubuntu 14.04 to be precise). Does
Mercury 32 support it?
>From the site it seems not.

Please advise.
Regards
Kevin



On Thursday, August 6, 2015, Rick Romero <rick at havokmon.com> wrote:

>  Quoting Kevin Laurie <superinterstellar at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>> I am trying to back up my IMAP server to a hard drive. Later I intend to
>> extract all mails for attachments. What do you reckon is the best too to
>> perform this ?
>>
>> Imapsync or Thunderbird (or something else, please recommend)
>>
>> One problem I am having with imapsync is the setting for host2 (being a
>> localhost computer).
>> How does one set a parameter for host2 being a desktop computer.
>>
>> ThanksKevin
>>
>>
>
> You could run Mercury/32 http://www.pmail.com/ as a local IMAP server that
> could be your 'desktop destination'.
>
> Though I'd assume the typical backup solution for a smaller environment
> would probably use rsync (unless your server is a VM, then you could image
> the whole VM via whatever utilities the host provides).
>
> Rick
>