On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 07:11, SH Development via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
> I am having trouble locating examples of how to use doveadm backup. All > the examples I see are for sync. I simply want to create a backup to a > network volume of the email server's vmail folders. The goal here is to > have a reasonably current backup should the main drive on the email server > go south. > > We currently authenticate our users from a mysql database. User’s > mailboxes are stored as domainname/username/Maildir > > I assume what I will wind up on the network volume is a duplicate > directory structure as the vmail folder on the email server? > > Can someone help get me started here? > > Jeff In my previous life as a SysAdmin, I solved this kind of problem easily using the MTA. Exim is my MTA of choice and has a facility to do concurrent delivery to two storage locations using shadow_transport. I am guessing your MTA is Postfix (or maybe Sendmail). Try and see if they have such a capability or switch to Exim. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)
