Comments on: Backup Your MySQL Database To Email With Backup2Mail http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Know your technology head on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:15 -0500 hourly 1 By: Alfred http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38440 Alfred Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:02:15 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38440 been using the default wordpress backup plugin to send me emails of my database. bookmarked this one, gonna send some time with it after this movie im watching. hmmm honestly I read your site more often than anyone elses since it pops up on facebook :D just need a direct link on FB to access the post rather than visit the homepage then search for the post been using the default wordpress backup plugin to send me emails of my database. bookmarked this one, gonna send some time with it after this movie im watching.

hmmm honestly I read your site more often than anyone elses since it pops up on facebook :D
just need a direct link on FB to access the post rather than visit the homepage then search for the post

]]> By: Interesting http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38427 Interesting Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:57:44 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38427 This is both unsafe and unnecessarily complicated. You could write a script to mysqldump your database over rsync/ssh faster than it takes to download, install, and configure this -- and your data would be encrypted. Email is not a file transfer protocol. It's also not wise to trust data that is processed by arbitrary MTAs; you have no control over how these servers re-encode attachments or file sizes. This is both unsafe and unnecessarily complicated.

You could write a script to mysqldump your database over rsync/ssh faster than it takes to download, install, and configure this — and your data would be encrypted.

Email is not a file transfer protocol. It’s also not wise to trust data that is processed by arbitrary MTAs; you have no control over how these servers re-encode attachments or file sizes.

]]> By: Mayur http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38418 Mayur Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:24:35 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/backup-mysal-database-to-email.html#comment-38418 Nice find but its setup is quite difficult. Nice find but its setup is quite difficult.

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