On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:06:31PM +0000, Brian Candler wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:24:53AM +0100, Peter Mann wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:56:51AM +0000, Brian Candler wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:58:03PM +0100, Alan Marco IsiMan wrote: > > > > We're going to install a new email platform and we have a big doubt. > > > > What is better for our /var/mail, OCFSv2 or NFS? I mean, SAN or NAS. > > > > There'll be three machines reading /var/mail and writing in it (webmail > > > > write in sent folder and courier-imap in all folders). Courier-Imap is > > > > good for NFS? Has someone installed OCFSv2 for /var/mail? > > > > > > If you don't want to use NFS or a global filesystem, then your other > > > option > > > is to build a proxy-based cluster. This means you build a series of small > > > independent mail servers, each with local disk and holding a subset of > > > your > > > users accounts. The incoming POP3/IMAP connections are each redirected to > > > the right cluster member. Unfortunately, sqwebmail does not currently > > > implement such proxying. > > > > i'm using more backend mail servers with Postfix + Courier-IMAP/POP3 and > > Perdition POP/IMAP Proxy + LDAP (with mailHost attributes for backend > > mail servers) ... so any mail client can connect only to Perdition > > POP/IMAP proxy ... > > Yes, there are many possible POP3/IMAP proxies to choose from, including > courier-imap itself which has built in proxying capability.
yes, but "Courier will always use plain userid/password authentication, without encryption, to establish proxy connections" > However, what I said was that *sqwebmail* does not have the ability to proxy > to different sqwebmail servers, and that remains true. yes, i know - because "It accesses maildirs directly, and does not use an IMAP server" so i'm using better solutions required in my environment for proxy and webmail ... but anyway, courier-imap on backend servers is great - the best -- 5o Peter.Mann at tuke.sk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
