* Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 06:31]:
> mmm....
> still not convinced.
Don't worry too much about it. It's simply NOT going to hurt anything. We
use amanda for our backups and while we don't backup 50GB of mail, it works
just fine. (No commercial backup software necessary... ;)
Besides, even if it *were* a problem, it would only defer mail for a
particular Maildir/ until the backup of that directory were done. That might
actually delay e-mail a couple of minutes or so, depending on the speed of
your backup software.
If you are interested in doing a ``cold'' backup, set concurrencylocal to 0,
HUP qmail-send, and backup 'til your heart's content. (This will prevent any
new local mail from being delivered.) Once the backup is done, reset your
concurrencylocal, HUP qmail-send again, and revel in the knowledge that you
have a perfect backup of your Maildir/s. (Oh, you'll probably want to stop
your IMAP/POP3 daemons as well, if you are really paranoid.)
/pg
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Peter Green : Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and
lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said
that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out.
Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something
like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what
he paid for his stupid puppet.
(Jack Handey)
