Backup procedures

[Bernardo Reino]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Stephane Magnier wrote:

> OK , so I can see that there is this doveadm backup..
>
> I don't use any MailDir on each account.. but all the emails are stored into 
> the folder /var/www/mail  ( user 1 , user2, etc... )
>
> in that case, a very basic backup would be  : *doveadm backup /var/www/mail  
> /var/backup/folder*  ?

I use doveadm backup like that and then rsync the backup (not the "live" 
mailboxes) to another place.

> ( I prefer to ask before trying, because If break something.. here, they will 
> kill me  :-( )

It's understandable :)

Cheers,
Bernardo