Re: save mail

[Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 03:23:16PM +0000, Stephane Durieux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Newbie question:
> 
> What would you recommend to save mails. (I don t think it matters but I use
> postfix, courier-imap)
> I ve heard of mail sync for email but don t wanna used this solution to begin.
> A backup to a disk would be good for me.
> 
> The question I wonder is :
> What happen when a cron task is launched and that a mail is about to be
> delivered.
> Is it queued again ?
> Or perhaps worse, if a mail is about to be delivered and a cron task (backup
> task) is starting
> 
> More generally, can you explain me the mecanism of locks
> 
> I use maildirs but I would like also know how to do for mailboxes
> 
> 
> Thanks  for reply
> 

I like 'archivemail'. It works on both maildir and mbox.
-k
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