Andy,
It should not be necessary to stop the services. Backup software can usually
be set to ignore open files, or retry after some time (better choice!).
Mailboxes maybe open when new mail is arriving and when users are logged in
(usually only when checking for new messages) so the retry time can be just
a few minutes.
Do not forget to backup the registry!
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "andy schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] nightly backups
A quick question, when I do my backups, is it necessary to stop the imail
services or can i do a live backup?
Thanks
Andy
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