Re: backing up IMAP server on a hard drive

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@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 javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','superinterstellar@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 javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rick@havokmon.com');> wrote:

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Quoting Kevin Laurie superinterstellar@gmail.com:

Hi,

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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