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To increase mail server /home partition size use following steps:
# Create and attach a new larger drive
# mount <new-device> /home2
# rsync -aH --delete /home/ /home2/
# service postfix stop
# service dovecot stop
# rsync -aH --delete /home/ /home2/
# umount /home
# umount /home2
# Edit /etc/fstab by running blkid and copying UUID for /home entry
# umount /home
# Test using mount -a
# df -h #and verify
# service dovecot start
# service postfix start
# Optionally disconnect and delete old /home partition.  Format drive if it is going to untrusted sources as private emails are present.



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