----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian Candler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Alan Marco IsiMan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Courier-imap] Courier-Imap over NFS or OCFS
> 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 ... have you tried IMAPproxy? Supports SSL http://www.imapproxy.org/ - but read latest mailling list posts, you might need som patches for your setup > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
