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temporary failure. Command output: maildrop: signal 0x19

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This is not the first time this has happened. It last happened about a month ago. Tonight it happened for a different reason. This time it wasn’t the size of the mbox (I’m not using mbox on this server). This time it’s the size of the log. $ ls -lha ~/.mailfilter.log* -rw-r–r– 1 dan dan 52k Jan 11 00:18 /usr/home/dan/.mailfilter.log -rw——- 1 dan dan 48M Jan 10 21:03 /usr/home/dan/.mailfilter.log.1 Once I mv‘d the […]

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Mail backups using newsyslog.conf for rotation

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I first mentioned this idea yesterday. This morning I started implementing it. UPDATE: this strategy is mentioned in Scenic BGP Route | TechSNAP 137 at about 0:47:30. I back up my mail. On a regular and frequent basis. However, I wanted something more. What about the email which comes in between backups? How can I capture them and restore them after restoring my backup? Yesterday I had an idea: Keep a copy of

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