Include email with site backup

I just tested the site backup function and only web files and database are included. What about emails? If one is using imap and leaving messages stored on server, it is very important to backup the emails.

 

Along these lines, how about storing the emails in:

Code:

/var/www/clients/client1/web1/mail

etc according to client/site, with appropriate permissions (i.e. client1/web1)...

instead of:

Code:

var/vmail/example.com/...

This would accomplish two things.

1. It would make migrating email accounts from one server to another much easier by eliminating the need to struggle with file/folder permissions.

2. The current backup implementation would also backup all server emails without any additional configuration to the backup script.

 

Until email backup is implemented in ISPconfig, if you would like to manually backup your emails, you can run the following:

Code:

7z a -t7z -mx9 /var/www/clients/client1/web1/private/vmail_9.7z /var/vmail

Note: I use pzip with maximum compression = least amount of space consumed on server and least amount of time/bandwidth downloading backup file.

I used the private folder for the command just in case you haven't setup backups and had the backup folder already created by ISPconfig. This can be run manually or you could create a cronjob. Of course, the paths can be adjusted for whatever cllient/site you wish to make the backup available to and/or to backup the emails for a specific site.