Andrew Oakley wrote: > Chris Smith wrote: >> Andrew Oakley wrote: >>> First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. >> I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is > >> Then, how do I restore this to a clean install of Dovecot? > > Throw the directory structure back in at /var/mail and set up the > > configuration again. > > Thanks - so basically there is no "magic" to Dovecot other than the > configuration file? > > How does Dovecot know which mail belongs in which folders? Is this > metadata stored in the /var/mail/username file? > > (I'm using Sendmail, if it matters) >
I'm afraid I do not know, I personally use Postfix and Maildir as the format for my mailboxes. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
