One-off backup

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 10/10/2022 17:57 EEST Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I run a small email server for me and the missus. Six dovecot users.
> 
> Our host is migrating our server instance. They usually (99.9999% lol) go off without a hitch.
> 
> As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong tool.
> 
> If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is shutting down postfix and running
> tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay? 
> 
> Thanks.

You can.

Aki