Robert Felber wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 06:34:51PM -0600, Danita Zanre wrote: >> Any opinions about these two? I've been using postgrey for awhile, and I >> like it, but I also like the idea of using mysql so that I can perhaps get >> info out of the database if I want. Any opinions as to which would be >> faster, etc.? >> >> Thanks. > > Personally I would stay away from MySQL Databases for greylisting. > > If your intention is to have several MTAs access the same database then > maybe you should configure those MTAs to query the postgrey server at its > IP. BerkeleyDB is one of the fastest DBs out there, too. Yes, you could > also use BDB with MySQL - which again adds an unnecessary delay and point > of failure. > > If you want to manage postgrey usage via MySQL then you might want to have > a look on restrictions classes and postfix' support for MySQL table lookups. > > > The main advance of a network-backend-less installation is: less points of > failure.
Or use a policy server that caters for MySQL being down, therefore no point of failure. Cami ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
