One-off backup

[Tim Dickson]

you would want to backup your dovecot/postfix config files and mail 
certificates as well, and your database if you are using one for 
authentication, and user list, just in case.

On 11/10/2022 16:26, justina colmena ~biz wrote:
> Is that a divorce? Or else a little bit better spelling and respect 
> for the lady is called for? And I don't like criminals serving bogus 
> law papers and hacking into my mail any more than anyone else does.
>
> On October 10, 2022 6:57:39 AM AKDT, 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.
>
> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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