backup all e-mails (smtp/pop3)

stomach · 11-01-2005, 08:48 AM

pop3/smtp, is possible to make backup of all e-mails sent and received?

When to happen some problem, to come back e-mails of the previous day.

Somebody can indicate me some software for this?

thankz

linmix · 11-01-2005, 09:23 AM

What email app do you use? For Thunderbiird e.g. there's afolder in your home directory called .thunderbird/somethingrandom/mail inside which all your mail is stored. If you make a backup of that folder (or of any specific subfolder related to a specific account you wish to secure) you have a perfect backup of all your emails. If you need to restore the backup files, you simply need to copy them back into the original folder.

stomach · 11-01-2005, 10:08 AM

Thankz linmix!

I go to stimulate all the users to use thunderbird.

When thunderbird creates a folder Sents, in the server, and I to use the protocol imap.

When the user to erase the email the same will be deletado of the server?

linmix · 11-01-2005, 11:32 AM

I don't use Thunderbird for any imap account, but I believe it does.