On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Kirrily Robert wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 03:40:57PM -0400, Dan Brown wrote:
> > Quoting Kirrily Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > No, the reason e-smith chose MySQL is that it was required by IMP for
> > > web mail.
> >
> > Not at all--IMP will work with Postgres just as well. In fact, there's a
> > horde-pgsql RPM that contains all the necessary configuration options to do
> > so. What gave you the idea that IMP requires MySQL?
>
> Probably old information. I hadn't looked at it closely for a while...
> did it used to be MySQL-only?
I don't know.
Dan Brown used mysql for his contributed IMP webmail. We saw no reason to
change that decision. We also had more in-house experience with MySQL than
Postgres. MySQL was fast, had the features required for webmail (which is
not a taxing SQL job by any means), and at the time, MySQL was reportedly
more reliable than postgres.
I'd agree with John Powell - either could have done the job, and there's
nothing wrong with the choice of MySQL.
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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