23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
6:23 p.m.
A normal rsync to another server of the maildir and configs will work fine. If you need to backup using windows or mac then a samba share is the best bet.
Mark
Links how to use rsync will be appreciated.
see
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
its very to use. I recommend you use this for ANY file migration between linux machines (or solaris), mail or otherwise. read up about it at the page.. a nice little outline is here
http://www.fredshack.com/docs/rsync.html
An example of syncing 2 directories over ssh, keeping all permissions intact. This command run on the source maildir server.
rsync -av -e"ssh" /source_maildirs/ username@hostname:/destination/maildirs/
Mark.