> You do curious things ;) wow do I do curious things!!! hahaha > If we are speaking about INBOX mail accessed via POP3, then only rsync > the /var/spool/mail/$USER file. This is the one which counts. To be sure > no fresh new incoming mail interferes, shut down Sendmail during the > rsync processing. Be aware that POP3 mail clients have their own list > about mail being read or new. That is not stored on the server side. > > Alexander timing, you are quick! 8 posts later and I posted what you speak of right here!. yes, service sendmail stop first then rsync -opg /var/spool/mail/* root (dest)/var/spool/mail/ preserve all the permissions,owners and group hey, I am not saying this is totally complete or even totally correct technique wise, but at least it works in this specific case. lol. And you were w/me all the way, ty for that, Alexander! I'm just trying to push FC3 and my ownself here w/this project. I am trying to use only what came on the FC3 disks for this complete project. The only outside rpm I might use for this is Bob Chiodini's "heartbeat". I don't even think we need that really. That's up to him if we do or not. This Mail sync thing was really a major pain and if this proves that it's all that is necessary for this then we lucky. thx John Rose
