Dear Rick, Thanks for your feedback. I think rsync might be a better option. Its(imap server)with gmail so I dont think it would work .
Furthermore I am running a linux system(Ubuntu 14.04 to be precise). Does Mercury 32 support it? >From the site it seems not. Please advise. Regards Kevin On Thursday, August 6, 2015, Rick Romero <r...@havokmon.com> wrote: > Quoting Kevin Laurie <superinterstel...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, >> I am trying to back up my IMAP server to a hard drive. Later I intend to >> extract all mails for attachments. What do you reckon is the best too to >> perform this ? >> >> Imapsync or Thunderbird (or something else, please recommend) >> >> One problem I am having with imapsync is the setting for host2 (being a >> localhost computer). >> How does one set a parameter for host2 being a desktop computer. >> >> ThanksKevin >> >> > > You could run Mercury/32 http://www.pmail.com/ as a local IMAP server that > could be your 'desktop destination'. > > Though I'd assume the typical backup solution for a smaller environment > would probably use rsync (unless your server is a VM, then you could image > the whole VM via whatever utilities the host provides). > > Rick >
