you would want to backup your dovecot/postfix config files and mail certificates as well, and your database if you are using one for authentication, and user list, just in case.

On 11/10/2022 16:26, justina colmena ~biz wrote:

Is that a divorce? Or else a little bit better spelling and respect for the lady is called for? And I don't like criminals serving bogus law papers and hacking into my mail any more than anyone else does.

On October 10, 2022 6:57:39 AM AKDT, Ian Evans <dheianevans@gmail.com> wrote:

I run a small email server for me and the missus. Six dovecot users.

Our host is migrating our server instance. They usually (99.9999% lol) go off without a hitch.

As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong tool.

If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is shutting down postfix and running

tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay?

Thanks.

-- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.