Dear Rick, I just got dovecot up and running on my localhost PC. Thanks
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Kevin Laurie <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Rick, > Thanks. > I guess I'll have to install dovecot. > I am not sure what the parameter for the -host2 should be(apart from > localhost? ) > Its my first time doing dovecot on a Linux desktop. > > > I was thinking of using Thunderbird to download all mails but I guess that > will be too long of a process. > > On Friday, August 7, 2015, Rick Romero <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Kevin, >> >> Ahh. When you said desktop, I assumed you meant Windows. Dovecot is an >> IMAP Server, so I assume that was the server you wanted to backup. >> >> If you're running Linux, then you could run Dovecot on it and use IMAPSync >> to sync your Gmail locally. >> >> Rick >> >> Quoting Kevin Laurie <[email protected]>: >> >> Dear Rick, >> >> Thanks for your feedback. >> I think rsync might be a better option. Its(imap server)with gmail so I >> dont think it would work . >> >> Furthermore I am running a linux system(Ubuntu 14.04 to be precise). Does >> Mercury 32 support it? >> From the site it seems not. >> >> Please advise. >> Regards >> Kevin >> >> >> >> On Thursday, August 6, 2015, Rick Romero <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Quoting Kevin Laurie <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I am trying to back up my IMAP server to a hard drive. Later I intend to >>>> extract all mails for attachments. What do you reckon is the best too to >>>> perform this ? >>>> >>>> Imapsync or Thunderbird (or something else, please recommend) >>>> >>>> One problem I am having with imapsync is the setting for host2 (being a >>>> localhost computer). >>>> How does one set a parameter for host2 being a desktop computer. >>>> >>>> ThanksKevin >>>> >>> >>> >>> You could run Mercury/32 http://www.pmail.com/ as a local IMAP server >>> that >>> could be your 'desktop destination'. >>> >>> Though I'd assume the typical backup solution for a smaller environment >>> would probably use rsync (unless your server is a VM, then you could >>> image >>> the whole VM via whatever utilities the host provides). >>> >>> Rick >> >> >> >
