On 25.12.2017 11:14, Black Sheep wrote: > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into > the /var/vmail mail boxes [...]
The following method works (I'm not certain if reloading is even required): #!/bin/bash # Temporarily disable local delivery postconf -e defer_transports=local && postfix reload [... Your backup operations here ...] # Re-enable local delivery postconf -e defer_transports='' && postfix reload -Ralph