[ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Andrew Oakley
I currently have all my email stored on a Dovecot IMAP server on my Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 server. I intend to upgrade this to Hardy using a total wipe, reformat and clean install (I have lots of crud on Dapper, such as Beryl, Automatix etc). First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. How do I do this please? I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is 846MB, I have been backing it up for 6 months using rsnapshot and that weighs in at 1.6GB a cost I consider

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Andrew Oakley
Chris Smith wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is Then, how do I restore this to a clean install of Dovecot? Throw the directory structure back in at /var/mail and set up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: Chris Smith wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is Then, how do I restore this to a clean install of Dovecot? Throw the directory structure back in