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.
On 10/10/2022 17:57 EEST 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.
You can.
Aki
On 2022-10-10 14:57, Ian Evans 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.
I would say it should be ok as long as its going to be the same setup, but if you are expecting to upgrade dovecot or any other related package, I would then recommend to perform upgrades before migrating and taking the backup, so to guarantee everything is going to be working.
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 4:35 PM , hi@zakaria.website wrote:
On 2022-10-10 14:57, Ian Evans wrote:
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.
I would say it should be ok as long as its going to be the same setup, but if you are expecting to upgrade dovecot or any other related package, I would then recommend to perform upgrades before migrating and taking the backup, so to guarantee everything is going to be working.
Thanks for the suggestion. The host is just moving our VPS to new hardware so no update of our software is being done. (Though I need to do that myself when my schedule allows.)
Depending on your setup, abilities and intended results, you might also wish consider offlineimap and imapsync, with which you could maintain an updated offsite copy going forwards.
P.
On 10/10/22 22:57, Ian Evans 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.
Il 10/10/2022 16:57, Ian Evans ha scritto:
is shutting down postfix and running tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay?
remember -p to preserve permissions.
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 11:26 AM Cristiano Deana cristiano.deana@megaweb.it wrote:
Il 10/10/2022 16:57, Ian Evans ha scritto:
is shutting down postfix and running tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay?
remember -p to preserve permissions.
I have never imagined that tar requires a -p to preserve permissions. Are you talking about cp?
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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.
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.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 12:02 PM Tim Dickson, dickson.tim@googlemail.com wrote:
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.
Almost forgot about that. Guess I should ask about their snapshot service and see if that saves me some headaches/time.
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Aki Tuomi
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Cristiano Deana
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hi＠zakaria.website
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Ian Evans
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justina colmena ~biz
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Odhiambo Washington
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Plutocrat
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Tim Dickson