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cyberfido:
Hi all,
I need to free space on my SME Server and to do this I would delete some old user accounts.
However I'd like to backup somewhere the configurations and emails of these accounts before deleting them.
How could I do this letting me in the future an easy restore of the information in case someone needs access to that account?

Thanks in advance

Stefano:
just use a mail client to pull out the emails

then empty all the emails and the users' home dir..

don't delete the accounts, lock them

my 2€c

cyberfido:

--- Quote from: Stefano on August 21, 2014, 05:56:15 PM ---just use a mail client to pull out the emails

--- End quote ---
So, you suggest me to pull emails with POP3 to free the email folders and then backup in some manner on local PC the emails downloaded?

Stefano:
pop3 or imap, it doesn't matter.. imap could be re-imported easily

hint: use Thunderbird, forget anything made by M$

cyberfido:
if I use IMAP to flush the folders how do I do?
Which folders in user folder Have I to delete? Maildir maybe and all its files and subdirectories?

P.S. I use Thunderbird since 2008. I think is much better than M$
P.P.S. It seems very strange for me to talk with an Italian in English :P

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