Thanks, looks good. I’d think the reload probably is necessary. Martin
On 25 Dec 2017, 10:30 +0000, Ralph Seichter <m16+post...@monksofcool.net>, wrote: > 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
