Moving or Restoring Postfix Queue

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su -

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STOP postfix server

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/etc/init.d/postfix stop

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Navigate to directory where you want to move server

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cd /path/to/directory/

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Copy a directory named maildrop from original queue

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cp -R /var/spool/postfix/maildrop/ .

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cd maildrop

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Make sure that the owners of new maildrop directory are postfix & postdrop & having proper access
to have proper settings use:-

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chown postfix:postdrop maildrop

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chmod 730 maildrop

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now execute following commands to restore existing queues in maildrop folder

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cp -R /var/spool/postfix/incoming/ .

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cp -R /var/spool/postfix/active/ .

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cp -R /var/spool/postfix/deferred/ .

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find incoming active deferred -type f -exec mv '{}' . ';'

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rm -rf incoming active deferred

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now we can start the postfix server as

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/etc/init.d/postfix restart

to check the status of server

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/etc/init.d/postfix status

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