On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 11:00 -0400, Stewart Dean wrote: > Dave McGuire wrote: > > On Oct 29, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > >>> What is the best way to do a (server-side) backup of all mail in a > >>> user's mail? > >>> > >> I usually just rsync the /home directories to another server. The > >> inital sync > >> can take a while, but it gets faster after there is a base to work from. > > > > ...and it's much less painful if you're using maildir instead of mbox! > > > > -Dave > > > I have to wonder. I have a mailserver that I do a bootable complete > image copy of with all files and O/S in two hours to an Ultrium-2 tape, > 95 GB. When I switch to maildir, I will go from some 25,000 mbox files > to 2.5 to 3 million files...I can't believe that isn't going to hurt and > will force me into incrementals.....
One possibility is to just wait for dbox with multiple-messages-per-file feature. I can't really say when it'll be ready (or when I'll even start implementing it), but I know I want to use it myself and some companies have also recently been asking about it.
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
