Postmark.pm - Page 2

alexu2007 · 29 Apr 2023, 07:07 AM

You know what I'm doing right now at 1 am, don't you? I sign up for a 10 day trial of JetBackup and some storage at Backblaze and I fire up a cloud machine to start testing with DA and JetBackup

alexu2007 · 29 Apr 2023, 09:11 AM

And.... the test was a success! Thank you again, Jarland!

I tested using Backblaze and idrive e2 who now has a promotion with 4$ for 1Tb for the first year and 40$/year after that. The backup and restore is easy to setup and the incrimental option is excelent! No errors, no problems, everything is just fine. I will test it for the next days and then I will install it on the mail server. I think I will choose idrive, it has servers located in Paris, just like the mail server.

alexu2007 · 29 Apr 2023, 11:14 PM

More thoughts on Jetbackup:

plusses:

+ very easy to use, extremely flexible, integrated in DA, accesible for administrator and for users
+ you don't have to restore everything, you can make a partial restore, I can restore only the mail or the database, or the home folder for example, it transfers from the backup storage only the files needed
+ incremental backup
+ you can limit it's CPU usage only to some cores so you don't get high CPU load when the backup is created.

the only minus I found:

- as for now it only supports Almalinux 8 / Ubuntu 20.04 so I will move the email service to another spare server from OVH, with Almalinux 8 (now I use Ubuntu 22.04)

But, until I will make the move, I want to also test the disaster recovery option, to see how this works.

alexu2007 · 1 May 2023, 07:49 PM

Postmark.pm news:

I moved the email service to a new server at OVH in France in order to be able to install Jetbackup for backup management. Jetbackup is now installed and running on the server and the backups are saved in Finland, at Hetzner's datacenter. The backup is performed twice daily and the retention period is 2 weeks.

During the tests I made with Jetbackup I noticed that iDrive is not a viable place to save the backups. Their service is not stable and there are plenty of errors. I plan to add a second destination for backups, I am considering Backblaze for this.

Regarding the free accounts, I decided to offer 5 more accounts if any of you wants to test postmark.pm. These accounts will remain free even after the service will become a paid one. Just pm me to get one. The only thing I am asking in return is to test the service and to tell me any problems that you encounter while using it.

Tsunami · 24 May 2023, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexu2007

At that moment in the future yes, the email accounts will be paid, and the selling point will be the quality of the service and the domains that I will offer for email addresses, short and memorable. (for example: ana.im, m5.pm, pmx.pm, etc.pm, tnt.pm, nos.pm, noc.pm, v9.lv, x10.ro - I registered a lot of them

.)

How much money did you spend on all those domains? The 300€ wasn't entirely spent on domains I assume?

I like the .pm extention. Very rare, but I like that. And makes sense given the overall name of the service.

Good luck with it!

balaji · 1 Jul 2023, 04:12 PM

Hi Alex, Is there any issue with the service, IMAP/SMTP not working since morning today.

Tsunami · 5 Jul 2023, 05:47 AM

The service seems interesting, I like the domains you're offering. The only risk is that it is a one-person job. Is there a backup plan in case something happens while you are away on holidays or so? Do you intend to get someone involved that will run the service during those moments you are unavailable/unreachable?

1 May 2023, 07:49 PM	#19
alexu2007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	Postmark.pm news: I moved the email service to a new server at OVH in France in order to be able to install Jetbackup for backup management. Jetbackup is now installed and running on the server and the backups are saved in Finland, at Hetzner's datacenter. The backup is performed twice daily and the retention period is 2 weeks. During the tests I made with Jetbackup I noticed that iDrive is not a viable place to save the backups. Their service is not stable and there are plenty of errors. I plan to add a second destination for backups, I am considering Backblaze for this. Regarding the free accounts, I decided to offer 5 more accounts if any of you wants to test postmark.pm. These accounts will remain free even after the service will become a paid one. Just pm me to get one. The only thing I am asking in return is to test the service and to tell me any problems that you encounter while using it. Last edited by alexu2007 : 1 May 2023 at 08:41 PM.

1 Jul 2023, 04:12 PM	#21
balaji Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 22	Issues? Hi Alex, Is there any issue with the service, IMAP/SMTP not working since morning today.

29 Apr 2023, 07:07 AM	#16
alexu2007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	You know what I'm doing right now at 1 am, don't you? I sign up for a 10 day trial of JetBackup and some storage at Backblaze and I fire up a cloud machine to start testing with DA and JetBackup

29 Apr 2023, 09:11 AM	#17
alexu2007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	And.... the test was a success! Thank you again, Jarland! I tested using Backblaze and idrive e2 who now has a promotion with 4$ for 1Tb for the first year and 40$/year after that. The backup and restore is easy to setup and the incrimental option is excelent! No errors, no problems, everything is just fine. I will test it for the next days and then I will install it on the mail server. I think I will choose idrive, it has servers located in Paris, just like the mail server.

29 Apr 2023, 11:14 PM	#18
alexu2007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	More thoughts on Jetbackup: plusses: + very easy to use, extremely flexible, integrated in DA, accesible for administrator and for users + you don't have to restore everything, you can make a partial restore, I can restore only the mail or the database, or the home folder for example, it transfers from the backup storage only the files needed + incremental backup + you can limit it's CPU usage only to some cores so you don't get high CPU load when the backup is created. the only minus I found: - as for now it only supports Almalinux 8 / Ubuntu 20.04 so I will move the email service to another spare server from OVH, with Almalinux 8 (now I use Ubuntu 22.04) But, until I will make the move, I want to also test the disaster recovery option, to see how this works.

5 Jul 2023, 05:47 AM	#22
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	The service seems interesting, I like the domains you're offering. The only risk is that it is a one-person job. Is there a backup plan in case something happens while you are away on holidays or so? Do you intend to get someone involved that will run the service during those moments you are unavailable/unreachable?