On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 13:21, John Clay wrote:
> Do typical Linux based email systems support restoration of individual
> mailboxes and mail messages? I've just discovered (the hard way) that
> Exchange 5.5 doesn't. It appears that the entire message database must
> be restored to a "recovery server" and then the desired mailbox must be
> exported for importation into the the production server. Tell me it
> 'aint so in the Linux/Unix world.
Obviously, this depends on what type of mail storage is implemented. On
simple POP3 and IMAP servers, each mailbox is stored separately in
either a mailbox spool or in a user's home directory.
In response to your Exchange 5.5 statement, individual mailboxes can be
backed in a "bricks" level backup. I personally know that both Arcserve
and Veritas backup support "bricks" level backups with Exchange 5.5.
Check out the following links about "brick" backups in Exchange:
http://www.google.com/search?q=exchange+5.5+brick+backup
http://www.google.com/search?q=exchange+5.5+bricks+backup
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