Postfix mail storage to ext. Volume

**ulrich54** · May 6th 2019

Hi, is it possible to move the storage location for mails to an external volume.

Example: /var/mail/virtual/{domains} e.g. to /mnt/Ext_Volume/{Domains}

So I don't have to upgrade my server because of the 28 GB mails.

I use postfix with dovecote

Thanks ulrich

**tracer** · May 6th 2019

Just use a symlink (symbolic link).

Code

mv /var/mail/virtual /mnt/Ext_Volume
ln -s /mnt/Ext_Volume /var/mail/virtual

If you are not as lazy as me you can for sure stop mail service before the move and restart them afterwards.

**Nuxwin** · May 6th 2019

Quote from tracer

Just use a symlink (symbolic link).

Code

mv /var/mail/virtual /mnt/Ext_Volume

ln -s /mnt/Ext_Volume /var/mail/virtual

If you are not as lazy as me you can for sure stop mail service before the move and restart them afterwards.

I'll would favor a bind mount

1. Move all /var/mail data to the ext. storage

2. Mount the ext. storage on /var/mail

This should work perfectly. Some of my clients are doing this already, even for the /var/www directory.

Postfix mail storage to ext. Volume

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