Maildir backup

joeljkp · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:50 am Post subject: Maildir backup

I had a maildir and courier-imap e-mail setup on my previous system. As a backup, I just copied the ~/.maildir folder to a CD (a few, actually). Now, though, I just restored the backup, and all the 'cur' folders contain files with 0 size. Shouldn't these files contain my e-mails?

Did I just lose all my backups?

nobspangle · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:21 am Post subject:

did you tar the folder up before moving it to CD?

I doubt a cd can store the files in maildir the filenames look a bit complicated for CD spec. also only your inbox is in cur your other folders are called .Sent or .Trash etc.

joeljkp · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 1:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I tar.bz2's it. I made several backups, on CDs and on a USB stick. The files from both the stick and the .tar.bz2 end up with 0 size. Which is strange, because the rest of my files are ok...

joeljkp · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 1:59 pm Post subject:

Come to think of it, first I copied the files from my Linux partition to my Windows one with the Windows reiserfstools, then .tar.bz2'd it. Maybe Windows can't handle such things? Or maybe the Windows reiserfstools just suck?

I hate these little "catches" that pop up when you think you've done everything right...

Oopsz · Guru Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 340

i would blame windows reiserfstools... maybe you can rsync them from your old machine?
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joeljkp · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:15 am Post subject:

I wish... my old machine is erased now. I assumed that my backups and such were good, so I didn't think to worry.