Doveadm backup...

Reuben Farrelly reuben-dovecot at reub.net
Tue Mar 1 05:31:13 UTC 2022


Hi Stephen,

Does it work if you delete the Maildir/ on the destination first and 
then initiate the backup?

I ran into this problem recently - see my post on 21 Feb.  Looks very 
similar if not the same root cause.


On 1/03/2022 6:46 am, Stephane Magnier wrote:
>
> I've seen in a previous post, that the fact to do an RSYNC might break 
> the  index.. So, I've heard that this is not recommended. that's the 
> reason why I decided to find a way to do a "clean" backup and be able 
> to come back online if needed.
>
> So, do you use an RSYNC and in case of restoring the mailbox, do you 
> do a  simple
>
>   *doveadm*  *index*  *-u*  *USERx*  *INBOX *
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