Re: Backing up /var/db/spamdb

2007-01-31 Thread Stephan A. Rickauer
Daniel Barowy wrote: > I realize that there's probably not much value in keeping backups of > /var/db/spamdb, since entries have a relatively short lifetime, but it > would be nice to be able to drop an existing spamdb onto another > machine; or to keep last night's backup in case a spamd/firewall

Re: Backing up /var/db/spamdb

2007-01-23 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Dan Barowy wrote: > Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > > > > daniel, > > > > i have learned the hard way that you should be making incremental backups of > > all of your machines every night. a decent backup solution should take care > > of this. > > > > my advice is "try it!" test

Re: Backing up /var/db/spamdb

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Barowy
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: daniel, i have learned the hard way that you should be making incremental backups of all of your machines every night. a decent backup solution should take care of this. my advice is "try it!" testing is simple enough: scp /var/db/spamdb to another machine, run spa

Re: Backing up /var/db/spamdb

2007-01-23 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
Daniel Barowy wrote: Hi everyone, I realize that there's probably not much value in keeping backups of /var/db/spamdb, since entries have a relatively short lifetime, but it would be nice to be able to drop an existing spamdb onto another machine; or to keep last night's backup in case a spa

Backing up /var/db/spamdb

2007-01-23 Thread Daniel Barowy
Hi everyone, I realize that there's probably not much value in keeping backups of /var/db/spamdb, since entries have a relatively short lifetime, but it would be nice to be able to drop an existing spamdb onto another machine; or to keep last night's backup in case a spamd/firewall fails and