On 2 Sep 2019, at 02:08, Alexander Dalloz <ad+li...@uni-x.org> wrote: > Unless you run a big install with lots of accounts where it can be handy to > use some sort of meta tool (modoboa, postfixadmin, ...) there is zero need > for an SQL backend.
It is much easier to manage users, even a few users, via a database than dealing with local users. (Having manage both for years and years and finally having moved everyone into a database I’ve spent a lot of time on this, a database back end is better. And even without having a large user base, a tool like postfixadmin lets the user do some of their management themselves (changing passwords, creating aliases, etc). > Anyhow, someone like the OP who appears not to be much experienced in the > field of running his own mail service should not get the idea a database > backend is what he really needs. Start KISS and master all the complex > requirements in a simple manner first. Since local users open a security hole into your mail server, I would argue that virtual users *is* keeping it simple, also, if you end up with many users in the future you will need to got to a database of some sort anyway, whether SQL-like or LDAP like, so you might as well do it from the start. I’d say SQL is simpler to deal with than LDAP, but I also have more experience with SQL, so I would. > Or outsource the task to a mail service provider. Yes, this is the best choice. -- Q: how do you titillate an ocelot? A: you oscillate its tit a lot.
