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rodriglm
6th December 2005, 21:43
Hi,

I am planning on running ISPConfig to host email for a few users and i have a couple of questions on how to properly administer the mailboxes.

I am concerned that i am going to grow larger that my capacity to store emails and wanted to know if there was an efficient way to store the mail in a separate location when the boxes become too full, where i can access it and restore mail from it if neccessary.

Im kinda new to linux also so im learning as i go so i will appreciate all the help anyone can offer.

Thanks,

Luis

till
6th December 2005, 22:35
If you install ISPConfig with maildir support, every mail is in a separate file. You can copy them by filedate to another location and copy them back if you need.

rodriglm
7th December 2005, 02:54
Thanks till, Im kind of new to linux so can you point me to where the files are stored in the filesystem?

Thanks

rodriglm

till
7th December 2005, 10:44
That depends on the settings of the email account. If you have a domain www.mydomain.com and a user web1_tom and dont change the default website location, the emails are stored in:

/home/www/www.mydomain.com/users/web1_tom/Maildir/ and subdirectories.