Hi,

I've just tried

doveadm backup /var/spool2/mail/user1 /home/backup/

doveadm(user1): Error: Index is read-only, can't write-lock /var/spool2/mail/user1/dovecot.list.index.log
doveadm(user1): Fatal: execvp(/var/spool2/mail/user1) failed: Permission denied
dsync-local(user1)<RYx1OMIeCGLn3AMATqx/tA>: Error: read(remote) failed: EOF (version not received)

even this, with a chmod 777 on the all folder ( /var/spool2/mail/user1 before :-( )

What is the trick ? :-)

What did I miss out ?

Thanks for your help

On 2/12/22 15:44, Bernardo Reino wrote:

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Stephane Magnier wrote:

OK , so I can see that there is this doveadm backup..

I don't use any MailDir on each account.. but all the emails are stored into the folder /var/www/mail ( user 1 , user2, etc... )

in that case, a very basic backup would be : *doveadm backup /var/www/mail /var/backup/folder* ?

I use doveadm backup like that and then rsync the backup (not the "live" mailboxes) to another place.

( I prefer to ask before trying, because If break something.. here, they will kill me :-( )

It's understandable :)

Cheers,
Bernardo