I'm guessing somewhere near the tail end of the delivery process, like qmail-local or maildrop. I don't know where/how maildrop hooks in, but that's where I'd look. Maybe 'tee' off a copy to a backup directory under the user's directory.
Bill Kwok wrote: > Hi Eric, > > If it is not too much trouble, would you give me more hint about which > part I can tap to the system and get a copy of all emails? > > Thanks in advance. > > Best regards, > Bill > > > On 11/13/06, *Eric Shubes* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > Perhaps you could use the 'tee' command somewhere along the process to > create a backup copy. I haven't thought this through, but I know > that 'tee' > can be handy for splitting off copies. > > Bill Kwok wrote: > > Actually, I've tried to use scripts to filter emails for a user after > > she's lost all her email in her computer. As I've mentioned > before, if > > the user is in the bcc list, we may not be able to find any info > of this > > user from the email header. My script has to go through the send > log in > > order to find out which email the user should has received and > who's the > > sender. Then by comparing the time stamp and the sender of emails, I > > can locate the email. > > > > My worry is that the possibility of getting wrong email is still high. > > For example, if a sender sent multiple emails, with different > > sizes, within short period of time, will the send log record emails in > > way which is different from the time stamp of the email files? > > > > Would anyone show me a better way to filter out the emails? > > > > > > Best regards, > > Bill > > > > On 11/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>* < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I use the following line in taps to backup all incoming / > outgoing > > emails > > > of > > > my.domain.com <http://my.domain.com> <http://my.domain.com/>: > > > > > > .*: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > > > My questions are: > > > > > > 1. Will it create an endless loop if, by any means, > someone sends > > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>? > > > > Don't know, test it! > > > > > 2. Can I specify a directory, instead of a email ID, as the > > > destination, such as "([EMAIL PROTECTED]):/backup/$1" ? > > > > I think you can't but you can allways make a an email account and > > modify > > it's .qmail for putting all the mail on a specific maildir or > whatever > > > > > 3. If I need to restore emails (both incoming and > outgoing) for a > > > user, what's the best way to filter it out from the > > backup? Problem > > > here is > > > that emails were forwarded to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>. The > > > information of recipient will be lost if he/she was only > in the > > cc or > > > bcc > > > list. > > > > > > Tap is not thought exactly for backups and restores. > > > > Is for archiving (say, monitoring, legal obligations, limited > backup of > > certain email etc) > > > > I'm certainly sure that you can allways make scripts for finding > > specific > > e-mails, anyway. > > > > > > > > > 4. If I can't use taps to backup / rstore my users' email in > > that way, > > > is there any utility that I can use? > > > > A plain old backup utility should work, tar for example. > > > > I use amanda (http://www.amanda.org/) for network backups of > whole racks > > and works like a charm, but you can allways use a priopietary > one like > > Veritas BackupExec or something like that. > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Best regards, > > > Bill > > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
