On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 10:02:38AM +0530, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
/usr/bin/rsync -avz root@192.168.0.22/var/spool/mail/ /var/spool/mail/
Depending on the speed of your connection and the compressibility of your content, -z might not be a good option.
Also, if you have large files and are concerned the transaction might be interrupted midway through, add -P to the mix.