Simon Cocking writes: 

> The beauty of using SQL as a message back-end would be that you could set 
> up an array of SMTP/POP/IMAP servers in a DNS round-robin arrangement, 
> and users could hit any one of them at any time and it would appear to 
> them to be the same server.  Need more horsepower?  Just add a new server 
> to the pool.

Fancy that?  That's exactly how at least half a dozen ISPs I know of have 
their iron set up. 

And they don't need an SQL server to do that. 

>                 Need better availability?  Distribute your servers over 
> multiple physical sites with different bandwidth providers.  Want 

Just add more servers.  You don't need a bloated SQL monster to do that. 

> centralised stats & reporting?  It's all *already* in the database.  

Or, /var/log/messages. 

> Plus, user management is just an SQL query away.  All without a central 

Or a mkdir/rmdir. 

> point of failure.

Right. 

Words to live by: the more you overthink the plumbing, the easier it becomes 
to back up the drain. 

-- 
Sam 


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