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How to restore mail accounts from a full domain backup to Plesk?

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George Alibegashvili
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Plesk for Linux kb: how-to ABT: Group A

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Question

How to restore mail accounts from a full domain backup to Plesk?

Answer

Option 1. Restore mail account using Plesk GUI:
  1. Log into Plesk;
  2. Go to Domains > example.com > Backup Manager;
  3. Select the latest available backup or backup for the required date;
  4. Select Selected objects, set the type of object Mail account;
  5. Select required mail account from the list and click on it to move mail account to the selected list (to the right-hand side):
  6. Click OK.
Option 2. Restore mail account using the command line interface:

  1. Connect to the server via SSH;

  2. Run the pleskrestore command, for example:

    # /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --restore /var/lib/psa/dumps/domains/example.com/backup_info_xxxxxxxxxxx.xml -only-mailnames list:john@example.com,annaroe@example.com

    For more options about the pleskrestore utility, refer to command below:

    # /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --help

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    Tecnico Shellrent (Edited )

    It is possibile to restore a mailbox to another/new mailbox instead of the same mailbox?

    Example: User aa@bb.com want to restore a backup of one week ago without losing his last email. Would it be possibile to restore the email to a  temporary mailbox temp_aa@bb.com?

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