Re: Sync Mail folders without imap
On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> I use rsync to sync my ~/Mail directories from my laptop to
> my backup server. I use maildirs, and it works nicely.
> However, I don't use these mail directories on the backup
> server, accept for reference and backup. I don't think rsync
> will copy changes made on the backup server to my laptop, at
> least I haven't determined that yet. I also like the fact
> that I can use ssh to run the rsync process over.
I think rsync can be used both ways. Besiides, if you have access to the
other box your rsync'ing to, you can start an rsync from there back to the
laptop.
> rsync -e ssh -q --times --update --delete -r ~/stuff
> <servername>:<backupdir>
>
> You could also check out "catchup":
>
> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/catchup/
>
> I haven't used catchup, so I can't comment.
>
>
> jc
>
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> Jeff Coppock Nortel Networks
> Systems Engineer http://nortelnetworks.com
> Major Accts. Santa Clara, CA
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