Keith Edmunds wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:07:30 +0100, cgdennis@??? said:
> 
>> It's not absolutely essential -- I just wanted to be able to demonstrate 
>> to the client that their emails are being backed up (to an external hard 
>> drive using rsnapshot) along with all their other files.
> 
> Understood. I can see your point, but the best demonstration of the
> effectiveness of a backup regime is to demonstrate recovery.
> Move /home/fred to /home/oldfred and recover his home directory, then have
> him access mail. The mere fact that your customer can see mail files on a
> backup disk proves very little (as I'm sure you know) - the proof of the
> pudding is in the eating...
> 
> hth,
> Keith
> 
Yes, you're probably right.  I'm not going to worry about it.  If the 
client says "Why can't I see a list of things that look like emails?" 
I'll say "Because you're using the wrong tool to look at them."
I still think Samba is broken though...
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK