On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:51:10PM -0700, tom lee wrote: > here is my /etc/procmailrc file: > > DATE=`date -u "+%Y-%m-%d"` > MYINBOX="$HOME/Maildir/$DATE/" > :0 > $MYINBOX > > it will deliver email to $MYINBOX every day with different directory name. > I will then tar and remove all emails and directory in $MYINBOX for > previous day. is it required to stop postfix to get it done?
No, this should be safe. Just-in-case, don't do this too close to midnight, as a delivery may still be in progress to "yesterday's" sub-directory at midnight and for some time after (default command_time_limit = 1000s). For extra safety you could go back 2 days and leave yesterday's and today's mail "on-line". -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.