Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Backing up emails
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:40:33
Message-Id: 201101210938.57706.joost@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Backing up emails by Matt Harrison
1 On Thursday 20 January 2011 18:07:14 Matt Harrison wrote:
2 > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 03:46:56PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
3 > > Am 20.01.2011 15:23, schrieb Matt Harrison:
4 > > > I'm hoping someone here has an idea for something that will let me make
5 > > > a copy of all his mail, in the current folder structure and replicate
6 > > > it onto another machine.
7 > >
8 > > imapsync that stuff to another IMAP-server in your LAN?
9 > > After that backup that stuff to tape or whatever ....
10 >
11 > Thanks for the replies everyone. I will take a look at imapsync, it sounds
12 > like the tool I need :)
13 >
14 > And yes, I know 2GB of mail sounds a bit mad...I've tried to convince him
15 > to use a slightly different backup policy but he's adamant this is the way
16 > he wants.
17
18 What's wrong with 2GB of mail?
19 And what other backup policy were you trying to convince him to?
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22 Joost