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tachtler / dovecot-backup

Dovecot backup shell script for saving emails for every mailbox to its own tar.gz file.
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Backing up tmp and dovecot-uidlist.lock? #28

Closed ozgurkazancci closed 1 month ago

ozgurkazancci commented 1 month ago

Hello.

When it comes to backing up a dovecot server, there are suggestions under "Issues" on a replyby 'JojOatXGME' here: https://serverfault.com/a/758551 which is talking about the tmp directory and the file dovecot-uidlist.lock

Would you consider those statements for the dovecot-backup script?

Best.

tachtler commented 1 month ago

Hi Özgür,

the script uses the dsync or doveadm command to create a backup while the dovecot server is running. As far as I know, it is not possible to exclude an internal technical directory such as tmp, cur, new using the command. There would be the option:

       -x mailbox_mask
              Exclude the specified mailbox name/mask.  The mask may contain “?” and “*” wildcards. 
              This parameter can be used multiple times which refers to a mailbox.

I haven't had any problems with this yet.

Regards Klaus.

tachtler commented 1 month ago

Hi Özgür,

is it o.k., when I close that issue?

Regards Klaus.

ozgurkazancci commented 1 month ago

Sure, thanks a lot for your explanation.