Re: replication and backup

2024-11-12 Thread Philippe via dovecot
Hi Gerald, Am 12.11.24 um 03:34 schrieb Gerald Galster via dovecot: The only thing that comes close to what you want and will be available in the future is this: https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/man/doveadm-backup.1.html This looks kind of promising. Thanks! - Philippe

Re: replication and backup

2024-11-11 Thread Gerald Galster via dovecot
>> Yes I think it is depending on your storage format (mdbox only?). I >> am running "doveadm purge -u" every two months. If I would make a >> new server I would also use the LAYOUT=index this does not give you >> issues with mailbox names, however there were some other issues, but >> I think new v

Re: replication and backup

2024-11-11 Thread Philippe via dovecot
Hi Marc, thanks for your answers. On 11.11.24 15:47, Marc wrote: Yes I think it is depending on your storage format (mdbox only?). I am running "doveadm purge -u" every two months. If I would make a new server I would also use the LAYOUT=index this does not give you issues with mailbox names,

RE: replication and backup

2024-11-11 Thread Marc via dovecot
> First of all, I'm not a dovecot user yet. > For several years now I use cyrus imapd and never saw the urge to > switch, until I recently lost random mails from my mailbox which were > neither temporally connected nor related in some other way. > What do you mean lost? And how do you know it is

RE: replication and backup

2024-11-11 Thread Marc via dovecot
> - NOT expunging the emails that have been marked as deleted on the slave > server or expunging only manually Yes I think it is depending on your storage format (mdbox only?). I am running "doveadm purge -u" every two months. If I would make a new server I would also use the LAYOUT=index this

replication and backup

2024-11-11 Thread Philippe via dovecot
Hi all & thanks Aki for adding me to the list. First of all, I'm not a dovecot user yet. For several years now I use cyrus imapd and never saw the urge to switch, until I recently lost random mails from my mailbox which were neither temporally connected nor related in some other way. Fortuna