Mailboxes are in Maildir format. Any good backup tips? Had success with version control?

[Rick Romero]

  Quoting Bob Miller <bob at computerisms.ca>:

> Hi,
>> Suggestions and warnings are most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Since you're using maildir, you might want to check rsync out as well,
>> especially with --link-dest. In short, you call rsync on your backup
>> machine like this:
>>
>> rsync --link-dest=previous-backup-dir source new-backup-dir
>
> check out rsnapshot.  Tried, tested, and true on my systems for
> justshort of a decade now...

rsnapshot was great until the filelists got too long for me.  Scripted ZFS
snapshots &B send/receives were my solution.

Rick