Thanks for the answer Paul. I'm glad it satisfies all of my minimum requirements for me to setup one.
cheers, ~ zamri On 12/3/05, Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > zamri wrote: > > hi all, > > > > I'm new to dbmail and started to go deeper into implementing it. I > > realized there's a wiki on dbmail's site but I just still want to ask > > you guys to convince me the right answers to these questions. > > > > 1. Does dbmail support per-user and per-group quota? > > It does support per-user quota, but not per-group. There are plans to > fully > support QUOTA capabilities (per-folder). > > > 2. Does dbmail support for spam and antivirus scanner? > > Use amavis, or dspam, or whatever. It's an MTA issue. > > > 3. Can dbmail be read by standard client like Outlook, Thunderbird and > > others? > > Yes, yes, and yes. > > > 4. How do I backup dbmails and transfer it to another machine? > > Dbmail-2.1 has a simple export tool. For 2.0 (advisable for newbies) you > will > have to use imapsync or something similar, or use your imap client. > > > 5. Is it any limitation on for dbmail by using BLOB in MySQL? > > None that I know of. But there may be issues with charset encodings and > collation as people start running mysql-5. Dbmail-2.0 pretty much assumes > a > us-ascii world, and though dbmail-2.1 does use utf-8 internally (gmime) > there > will no doubt be issues with real utf-8 messages in terms of string > handling. > > > 6. What db are u recommend between MySQL and PostgreSQL in terms of > > performance and features? > > Both work very well with dbmail. Your requirements, experiences and > preferences > should guide you. > > > 7. Does it support the use of procmail? > > You can use procmail as your local delivery agent, and use procmail to > insert > messages into dbmail using dbmail-smtp. If you're accustomed to uw-imapd > and > server-side sorting with procmail, that's your starting point. > > > 8. Is there any web-based interface suitable for dbmail like OpenWebMail > > and SquirrelMail? > > I don't know about openwebmail. But I know that opengroupware.org, > squirrelmail, > ilohamail all work just fine. Please note however that not all webmail > clients > actually handle dbmail's NAMESPACE/ACL (read shared mailboxes) support > very well. > > Also, I have plans myself to develop a generic webmail-imap client as a > zope3 > component with ajax (using mochikit) that will be specifically geared to > dbmail-2.2's strength (server-side filters with sieve, server-side sorting > and > threading, header caching). But that won't happen until 2.2 is gold. > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > Paul Stevens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > NET FACILITIES GROUP PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail >
