From: Dan Johansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm about to setup a Courier mailsystem for a small Company (~50 > accounts). I want to use virtual mail accounts on this system. I was > thinking about either a ldap or MySQL backend for authentication. So > my question is: Which backend to use, ldap or MySQL? I would > appreciate some advice/suggestions/"horror stories"/"success > stories"/pro/cons of the two methods.
For only 50 accounts, I would bypass both and use the built-in userdb. I am using it with ~1000 accounts (~300 active) with no problems. Userdb has the advantage of being extremely easy to configure and manage. If you grow to thousands of accounts, you might see performance problems, but then you could migrate to ldap or MySQL. I have a server I am currently testing that is using ldap. It works very well, but if you are not familiar with ldap, there is a VERY steep learning curve. The advantage is that it is fast (if you index it correctly), scaleable (I've tested with over 200,000 accounts), and it can be used for authentication with other services as well. Bowie ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
