From 7e9dc828682335975e395e1994011df6675897bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 15:33:11 +0100
Subject: Add backup info

---
 docs/installing/email.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/installing')

diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md
index d52b30823..b3514d719 100644
--- a/docs/installing/email.md
+++ b/docs/installing/email.md
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ command:
 
 This means that all incoming mail that starts `foi+` will be piped to `/var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin` as specified in `/etc/postfix/master.cf` at the start of this section.
 
+You can copy all incoming mail to Alaveteli to a backup account to a separate mailbox, just in case. Create a UNIX user `backupfoi`, and add the following line to
+`/etc/postfix/master.cf`
+
+    recipient_bcc_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/recipient_bcc
+
+Create `/etc/postfix/recipient_bcc` with the following command:
+
+    cat > /etc/postfix/recipient_bcc <<EOF
+    /^foi.*/                backupfoi
+    EOF
+
+
 #### Define the valid recipients for your domain
 
 Create `/etc/postfix/recipients` with the following command:
@@ -242,6 +254,7 @@ As the root user, make all these changes live with the following commands:
     newaliases
     postmap /etc/postfix/transports
     postmap /etc/postfix/recipients
+    postmap /etc/postfix/recipient_bcc
     postfix reload
 
 #### Troubleshooting (postfix)
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