> On Dec 25, 2017, at 5:14 AM, Black Sheep <mar...@black-sheep-research.com> > wrote: > > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into the > /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The purpose being to get a > clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping receipt of mail from the > internet. Then restart mail delivery so the queue is emptied into the > appropriate local mail boxes?
http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#defer_transports # Defer delivery via all transports that store mail locally, # "smtp" and "relay" delivery mail to remote systems and can # continue. Add or remove elements to match what's used from # master.cf # defer_transports = local, virtual, lmtp, maildrop changing this requires a "reload". -- Viktor.
