Kolab Mail archiving - software, methods, experiences?

[Alex Chejlyk]

Carsten Burghardt wrote:
> Alex Chejlyk schrieb:
>> Here is what I've done.
>>
>> I use rsync to copy the whole /kolab folder to a backup server. I do 
>> this at 2:00am. I do take the server offline from 2:00am to 2:30am.
>>
>> You can leave kolab up and still use rsync, but you must export the 
>> mailbox db. I think the info is on the wiki.
>>
>> I also have scripts that run from each users workstation to archive 
>> Thunderbird's mail. This is a redundant solution, but I find two backups 
>> are always better than one.
>>
>>
>> I'm sure there are many much more elegant solutions, but this works for me.
>>   
> But this is not an archiving solution as you are talking about a backup. 
> If the user deletes the mail from the mailbox it will also be gone from 
> your backup. You can keep old versions of course but then you have to 
> restore the old state and can not simply search through your archive. 
> Normally backup and archiving have to be setup in parallel.
> 
> 
> Carsten
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Actually it is an archiving solution.
I use rsync --link-dest=/path2/fullark
The full sync is on the 1st of the month, but before the full sync is 
done, I copy the month to an archive folder. I have (incremental) 
backups for everyday of the month going back to late 2007 ; )
Space is my big issue.

Cheers,

Alex C.