What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one server to another.

From: Etienne Ledoux (etienne_at_unix.za.org)
Date: 06/20/03

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    To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:01 +0200

    Greetings,

    I need to copy lots of directories/files from one server to another. Approx
    45Gb . These files are mailboxes stored in maildir format. What would be the
    best/safest/quickest way to do this ?

    e.

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