Additional questions ... What about usernames? Are there scripts that I can use so I can migrate the old ones including their messages? If I understand correctly, I no longer need to create local users but in the database only?
Thanks again. Mensahe ni Jopoy C. Solano... > 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
