On 2/10/19 8:21 AM, Christoph Haas wrote:
Hello Robert,
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of course I'm totally with you: asking other people for help, is often
a good - if even not the only way to getting things done. It was not
my intention to insult you! I hope this did not come in to your mind ...
You did not insult me at all. I have taken stronger barbs over the years!
Personally I would have a look at the mentioned Dovecot-backup-script
as a start. It does really a very good job! Cudos to Klaus Tachtler!
That is on top of my list. Thanks for the pointer.
Another option could be, to sync your mail via mbsync/isync or
offlineimap to your Notebook ... but as an alternative backup, it
depends on how many users are on your Dovecot-server.
I have 4 domains., 20+ users. Small stuff. I suspect that would only
work for me, and I have my processes in place.
In a second cycle, you can then extend or modify this script - as I
have been doing.
But you should bear in mind, that you should have at least 2-3
replicas of your data on different storage, for having a good backup.
The local image is for 'fast' backup. This will then be rsynced to a
server in my neighbor's house (we have ethernet between us. He lunches
off my ISP connection, he hosts my 'offsite' backups).
Cheers
Christoph.
