Back up and Restore

You can back up and restore system configurations, mailboxes, and emails of Synology MailPlus Server.

To back up system configurations:

With Hyper Backup, you can back up mail system configurations to a Synology NAS compatible with Synology MailPlus Server.

  1. Launch Hyper Backup on the source Synology NAS.
  2. Click + in the bottom-left corner to create a data backup task.
  3. Select either type of backup destination:
  4. Specify the remaining settings (see instructions here) to finish the task setup.
  5. When prompted to select an application to back up, choose Synology MailPlus Server.
  6. When the task is complete, configurations in the following pages will be backed up:

To sync mailboxes and emails:

With Shared Folder Sync, you can sync all mailboxes and emails to a Synology NAS compatible with Synology MailPlus Server.

  1. Go to Control Panel > Shared Folder Sync on the source Synology NAS.
  2. Create a folder-sync task for the MailPlus shared folder (see instructions here).
  3. When the sync is complete, you will have all the mailboxes and emails on the destination Synology NAS.

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To restore system configurations, mailboxes, and emails:

  1. Go to the destination Synology NAS, where the backed-up system configurations, mailboxes, and emails are stored in local shared folders.
  2. Launch Hyper Backup.
  3. Restore the backed-up configurations from the local shared folder (see instructions here).
  4. When the restoration is complete, the current Synology MailPlus Server configurations will be overwritten.
  5. The backed-up mailboxes and emails are readily available without a restoration.
  6. Go to the License page to enter the license keys. Once migrated, license keys on the source Synology NAS will automatically become invalid.
  7. After the license migration, the destination Synology NAS will start running the mail service.

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