Email Server Backup Strategy

[Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay]

What I do:

1 - I ran a maildirlock command to my mail folder
2 - I then rsync the folder where my maildirs are, as well as the 
indexes, to a remote location
3 - I tar.gz the daily backup
4 - I kill the maildirlock process

I also use replication of my server so that I keep getting mail when my 
main server isn't available.

As for postfix, I backup the database once a week, since it doesn't get 
changed that often.

Hope that helps!

Best,

Francis




On 09.02.2020 18:26, Esteban L wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Was thinking it would be wise to backup my server, in case anything
> "bad" ever happened, so that I could quickly get up to speed.
> 
> 1. clone the whole drive -- which might be the best to ensure I keep 
> the
> whole system working.
> 
> 2. But, what about, if I just wanted to backup my Email server
> components? Postfix - which I think is just config files, and Dovecot -
> I think there is a doveadm backup for doing such things.
> 
> What do you guys do, recommend for backups??
> 
> Thanks
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