How to backup emails

[jplorans]

Hi everyone,

My e-mails take most of space on my server, so i would like to make a backup and delete my old emails.

I'd like to know what files i'have to save and delete then??

Thanks for your replies

JP

[thewebhosting]

You can download the emails using any email client tool at the local machine and then remove the emails from the server.

[jplorans]

i thought about this solution but i don't know the file name that i've to delete to make more space after the backup, that's my little issue :s

[9techs]

/var/spool/mail - Generally user emails are stored here

[jrianto]

Hi JP,
When you download your emails to your local machine using POP3, all your email messages will be removed from the server so it should clean up by itself.