Hmm This seems a bit worrysome for me... How exactly can I back up my users mail? Right now I've been rsync'ing it to a remote machine in a daily "state of the system" archive. Does this mean that if I lose 2 drives at once and my mail server's array is destroyed unrecoverably my backups are useless? Or is this discussion just about mail that is in the middle of processing going out or comming in (i.e. not yet delivered)?
-- David Ehle Computing Systems Manager CAPP CSRRI rm 077 LS Bld. IIT Main Campus Chicago IL 60616 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312-567-3751 On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Mitch (WebCob) wrote: > Hmmm- I remember we discussed this a long time ago and there was a way - > something about putting the files in tmp and correcting the names to be > properly based on the inode numbers... If you search the message archive for > "tmp" and "inode" you might find the messages. > > m/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sam > Varshavchik > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 4:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [courier-users] Re: Sending queued mail from another server > > > Mark Constable writes: > > > I would like to try and send whatever mail is queued on one > > server from my own devel box so I rsync'd /var/lib/courier > > (on Debian) to my box and restarted courier locally but my > > local copy does not seem to acknowledge the imported mail > > queue files from the other server. "mailq" itself does indeed > > show the files on board but courier flush will not move them. > > > > What else might courier-mta be looking at to determine what > > messages in the queue are really there or not ? > > The inodes. The names of files in the queue are based on their inodes. You > cannot copy/rsync the mail queue because the inodes will not, obviously, be > preserved. > > > ie; how can I get my local running courier to recognise the > > imported /var/lib/courier/* files from another server ? > > You can't. For all practical purposes, the copied mail queue is corrupted. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC > GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from > any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! > https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
