Backing up dovecot mailboxes

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

On Qua, 09 Nov 2016, Jerry wrote:

> Does anyone have a working solution as to how I can use "doveadm
> backup" to back up a virtual users mailbox to a removable USB device.
>
> I keep receiving numerous errors and no files are backed up although
> the directories are created.

No, but I can recommend a solution with rsync. Just use it to copy the  
directories where mail is stored. Depending on the format, you may  
need to save the indexes too.
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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo at kalinowski.com.br