On 18/03/01 01:55 +0600, Devdas Bhagat spewed into the LI bitstream:
> a) No duplication of data
> b) One service less to handle and secure
> Can anyone point out the cons of replacing LDAP with the Postgres DB?
one single point of failure ? but then that's there with ldap as well
> We may support mailing lists for our clients, and offer other services
gnu/mailman
> like video streaming/broadcasting/multicasting (take your pick of term,
> at 1 am, I don't wish to argue about this). Right now, it seems likely
real offers a good server for this (and winamp's shoutcast)
> An address book with a web based frontend and Postgres backend is
> already in place.
yow! see http://www.squirrelmail.org btw for a great webmail interface
(including address book)
> So can I replace the proposed scenario with:
> Postfix (does this support a Postgres backend, or do I have to code it
> in?)
it does. not tough at all... mysql / postgres can be queried in exim / postfix
> + Postgres 6.5 [Currently installed] + IMAP (recos?) + Gnupop3d +
> Proftpd with mod_quota and mod_pgsql.
use courier imap - uw-imapd has some serious bugs.
> Also, has anyone hacked SSL support into Postfix and/or gnupop3d?
postfix does ssl quite well - so does courier imap over ssl. as for gnu-pop3d
never tried.
> ps: Suresh, you still haven't mailed me about the CAUCE stuff you had
> mentioned earlier (when I was having exim problems).
will resend - first mail bounced
-s
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