Michael C. Toren on 24 May 2004 00:20:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Backing Up .maildirs


On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:45:27PM -0400, JP Toto wrote:
> The question I have is: What are some good backup solutions for .maildir
> email setups? I supposed I could just write a script to tar my .maildir
> directory every once in awhile. Is this typical? I don't have any formal
> unix/linux sysadmin experience so Im just looking for some advice/ideas on
> what is typically employed to backup .maildirs. Thanks for any advice!!

Creating tarballs will work, as will using rsync, or just about any other
backup method....

-mct
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