John Glynn said: > Is backing up all of squirrel mail something that is commonly done and/or > recommended? > > Thanks, > John > > My specs: > Mail server: IMAP - dovecot > PHP - 4.3.11 > Web server - Apache 2.0.53 > This is a stock installation of Redhat Fedora Core 3, which uses RPM. > Squirrelmail version: 1.4.6 > Web server: Raid 5 windows 2003 > > -----Original Message----- > From: squirrelmail-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:squirrelmail-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Paul > Lesniewski > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:47 PM > To: sgmayo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Backup > > On 9/5/06, Scott Mayo <sgmayo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> What all do I need to backup for squirrelmail? I want all the >> information backed up in case I have to reinstall it or anything. I >> don't want my users to lose any of their email for any reason. >> >> Do I just need to backup my squirrelmail directory and everything >> recursivley in it and my /var/mail directory? > > This is mostly not related to SquirrelMail, which is ONLY a mail client. > We > have no way to know what your mail server is, at least unless you follow > the > posting guidelines, and even if we did, that's a bit off topic for this > list. > > To back up your SquirrelMail settings, capture a copy of your data > directory, your SM config.php file and any plugin configuration files you > have installed. > > Good luck, > > Paul > We have a similar setup, but debian vs Fedora. As Paul said, backup is a function of the server not SM. If you are using dovecot's Maildir format then backup those (wherever they are). Our SM user settings are in a mySQL database so we dump that nightly and backup the dump (backing up a live database is nearly useless since you don't know if the stuff is in memory or on disk at any point). Look at your .procmailrc files for each user to get the filters. You get the idea. Hope this helps. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
