> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:courier-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Filipe > Sent: October 18, 2004 02:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [courier-users] Courier-mta and MySQL for aliases, domains, > etc > > Manfred Heubach said: > > Sorry, for that. I didn't understand that you want to keep all data in > > the db. Is this really necessary for you? > > You could try to use LDAP. You can store accounts and aliases in LDAP. > > But you still need to configure your hosteddomains within courier. > > It isn't *REALLY* necessary but then what is? I was going to use the full > courier-mta system as a convenience so I didn't have multiple different > mail packages to keep track of. But if it's more inconvenient than using > what I have now, postfix + courier-imap + maildrop + cyrus-sasl, then > there's no point in changing. I just wish I had the time to delve through > the code and get a working patch for the features I want... pity I don't! > Thanks for the input anyway!!!
Someone said at one point that it would be too much work or put too much load on the db server... I don't understand how it would be more work than just storing the accounts as I do now, EXCEPT that at present, courier itself doesn't have ANY access to the database... All the access to db is done through the authentication module, which has limits on the number of active db connections and so on, so it won't overload your db when you get hundreds of connections to the smtp server. If you patch courier so it does something like this, you have to be aware of the load, and possibly have to create your own alias daemon to support this... I'd had to write a wrapper for maildrop so I could get all my db stored information into the context of the maildrop program for processing - ideally I should do the same one day... I needed full details on my user records (from db) to determine how to apply various filters, cc's, etc. If you were doing it "right" it might be something Sam would get behind and incorporate as an option... ask him? I'd like to see it, but not if it puts a huge load on the db server - I've already got scripts to generate my required courier files - aliases, domains, etc. ;-) m/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
