Kenneth, Can I get tips on migrating? :)
Can it be easily reversed if something goes wrong? Can I run it on a different server? (outside the existing mail server) Btw, I'm currently reading the INSTALL file. Again, a lot of thanks. 'Jopoy Mensahe ni Jopoy C. Solano... > Thanks! I'll Try this out. > > 'Jopoy > > Mensahe ni Kenneth Oncinian... >> >> Hi Jopoy, >> >> Yes, the larger your mailbox the longer squirrelmail will take to >> download your mailbox, SM is parsing your filesystem for your mails >> and displaying it via a web interface, so just like what you >> said...the problem is "obvious" ;-), it really is slow because of >> factors like disk >> I/O, latency, filesystem type, etc. Hence, personally, I dont think >> any webmail interface is significantly faster than the other. >> >> The most suitable setup that I find for a webmail service is by *NOT* >> using Mailbox or Maildir for mail stores but by using SQL database(s) >> to >> store the messages, this makes a lot of sense because database >> queries >> are much faster than parsing a filesystem. >> >> What I am using for this kind of solution is dbmail >> (http://www.dbmail.org). Like I said, since its using database to >> store the mails, webmail experience is much, much faster than when >> using Mbox/Maildir. >> >> My dbmail setup is: >> Postfix -> Amavisd-new -> Postfix -> Dbmail >> >> POP3 and IMAP daemons are included in dbmail so you need not to worry >> about those. >> >> >> >> >> regards, >> Kenneth Oncinian ----------------------- University of Baguio General Luna Road Baguio City Philippines 2600 Phone: +63(74)442-3540 Fax: +63(74)442-3071 http://www.ubaguio.edu -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
