Author: Chris Laif Date: To: exim-users Subject: 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:
>
> > 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).
