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

Bob Miller bob at computerisms.ca
Mon Jun 30 23:41:25 UTC 2014


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 just
short of a decade now...



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