Re: [exim] Backing up or Transferring the Mail Queue

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Autor: Chris Laif
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Assumpte: Re: [exim] Backing up or Transferring the Mail Queue
On 9/19/07, John Jetmore <jj33@???> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Eric Kiara wrote:
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> > I know this is not an exim specific questions (more a mail server newbie
> > question). I need to transfer the queue from an old server to a new
> > server. Do I just copy everything I find in /var/mail and
> > /var/spool/exim{db | input | msglog} from the old server to the new one?
>


Just set up your new server as a 'smart host' on the old server. Then
force a queue run. The old server will then transfer all mails in the
queue to the smart host (the new server).

Chris