Easiest way to backup sendmail?

[CNUprogrammer1]

We currently run
"Red Hat Linux Release 7.2 (Enigma)
Kernel 2.4.7-10 on an i686"

It's running on some hideously old proprietary hardware made by PRISM Medical Systems. We just need an easy way of backing this install up (it has a Seagate tape drive so that's not a problem), until we can replace it with something else (we have two mail servers, Exchange and Sendmail, long story). Anyway, the only functionality I know it does make use of out of the ordinary is the virtusertable, to forward mail to Exchange accounts. Besides that, I just need some general guideline to a backup of Sendmail. Thanks alot.

 

[mbrooks]

If you plan to move the installation to a new machine then I suggest backing up the /etc/mail directory.

On the new machine install Sendmail and replace the /etc/mail files with the backed up files.

Make sure that you don't have any 3rd party (Example: SpamAssassin, Procmail, ClamAV) apps bound to the Sendmail installation first though.

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[CNUprogrammer1]

Thanks alot mbrooks, everything I think is seperate from the Sendmail box, we have a MailFoundry server that runs through the email initially, then the Sendmail server for our POP user accounts and the routing table for the Exchange box secondarily. The reason we have it is because Exchange 2000 can't sit behind a DMZ, the Sendmail can, 2007 can which is what we might migrate to exclusively, but a backup never hurts to have
Thanks alot for your help.