Simple backup of maildir folder

[Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay]

On 2020-05-30 07:49, Admin Beckspaced wrote:
> Am 29.05.2020 um 17:37 schrieb Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I want to do a simple backup of my maildir. I read here that 
>> maildirlock is not to count on in the future and the recommended 
>> option was to use doveadm backup. However, it seems that this requires 
>> to setup another dovecot server.
>> 
>> My questions are:
>> 
>> - How much to I need to configure this new server? Do I need to setup 
>> user by user, or even install postfix (that's where my users are 
>> configured) to get it all backed up? I tried to install dovecot and 
>> running doveadm backup, but it complains the users are not there.
>> - What's the simplest way to configure dovecot without mirrowing my 
>> server so that this can work?
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Francis
>> 
>> ---
>> Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay
>> Oslo, Norway
> 
> Hello Francis,
> 
> I also have maildir as mailbox format and use the following script to
> do daily backups
> 
> https://github.com/tachtler/dovecot-backup
> 
> There's also a more detailed how-to which explains how to do a restore.
> But it's only in german language
> 
> https://www.dokuwiki.tachtler.net/doku.php?id=tachtler:dovecot_backup_-_skript
> 
> Google Translate is your friend ;)
> perhaps this might help?
> 
> greetings
> Becki


Thanks a lot Becki. I read your script, but the thing is that I want to 
backup to a remote server. Your script seems to be focused on a local 
backup. Did I get it right? But it still gives me a good idea of a 
possibility of backing up locally and rsyncing to another server.

-- 
Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay
Oslo, Norway