Backup user mail

Hey,
Is there a way to manually backup the mails that have been sent/received by the users? And which directory do I have to safe?
My system blew up and I have to recover the mails and rebuild the system.

Another method would be to do regular copies / clones of your mail directory using Carbon Copy Cloner - I actually do this with the server boot volume regularly.
-Doug

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