On 07/24/2015 11:53 AM, Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> Due to special circumstances where I'm working, I will need to copy the
> queues. You mention that it takes some care to get right. Would these be
> the timestamps on the files? Because cp now has a -a (archive) option.
cp has had -a for as long as
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 12:35 Viktor Dukhovni
wrote:
>
> But copying queue files is not recommended. That takes some care
> to get right. It is better to relay any queued mail from the old
> server to the new, or just turn off the inflow of new mail into
> the old server and let the queue "drain
Hmm, have you tried building 3.0 from source and then installing that? (After
removing the 2.xx binaries and making a backup of your config files of course).
What you are seeing with 'apt-get install' is what I see typical of Debian.
Not that that is a bad thing.
On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 07:25:59PM +, Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> I would have liked to install postfix 3.0, but "apt-get install postfix"
> installs version 2.11 in Debian Jessie 8.1.
So you are on Debian then, be aware that Debian's repackaging of
Postfix breaks "postfix upgrade-configuration"
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:57 Noel Jones wrote:
And I'll mention that although 2.11 is still on the "supported"
list, the current stable postfix is version 3.0.
I would have liked to install postfix 3.0, but "apt-get install postfix"
installs version 2.11 in Debian Jessie 8.1.
Ivan.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:56:43AM -0500, Noel Jones wrote:
> > If I were to copy /etc/postfix and /var/spool/postfix to the new
> > server, would something break?
>
> That should work. You'll likely need to rerun postmap on your
> indexed files so they match the libraries on the new server.
Bu
On 7/21/2015 10:20 AM, Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> What defines a Postfix installation?
>
> If I were to copy /etc/postfix and /var/spool/postfix to the new
> server, would something break?
That should work. You'll likely need to rerun postmap on your
indexed files so they match the libraries on th
What defines a Postfix installation?
If I were to copy /etc/postfix and /var/spool/postfix to the new server,
would something break?
I'm looking for books about Postfix and I have found a 2001 book by Richard
Blum, Postfix (the definitive guide) released in Dec. 2003, and The Book of
Postfix by R
