backing up IMAP server on a hard drive

[Kevin Laurie]

Dear Rick,
I just got dovecot up and running on my localhost PC.
Thanks


On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Kevin Laurie
<superinterstellar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Rick,
> Thanks.
> I guess I'll have to install dovecot.
> I am not sure what the parameter for the -host2 should be(apart from
> localhost? )
> Its my first time doing dovecot on a Linux desktop.
>
>
> I was thinking of using Thunderbird to download all mails but I guess that
> will be too long of a process.
>
> On Friday, August 7, 2015, Rick Romero <rick at havokmon.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Ahh. When you said desktop, I assumed you meant Windows.  Dovecot is an
>> IMAP Server, so I assume that was the server you wanted to backup.
>>
>> If you're running Linux, then you could run Dovecot on it and use IMAPSync
>> to sync your Gmail locally.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> Quoting Kevin Laurie <superinterstellar at gmail.com>:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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