Thanks. I see you point. But my curiosity always gets the better of me, so I will try it out :) on a temporary server of course :)
Mensahe ni mailing list... > > Before moving on to dbmail, consider the reason why most sites work with > simple maildir [courier/qmail]/pseudo-maildir [cyrus] setups: > simplicity. The less moving parts, the less can go wrong. > > Note that MS Exchange uses an SQL DB for its mail storage, and we all > know what a *pain* it is to maintain Exchange, right? > > There also has been a discussion re this topic on the postfix mailing > list[1]. > > As always, look left and right before crossing the road :) > > [1] > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=b3198e%241drr%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&rnum=24&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dpostfix%2Bdbmail%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Db3198e%25241drr%25241%2540FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw%26rnum%3D24 > > > > > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Jopoy C. Solano wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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 -- Jopoy C. Solano Network Administrator MIS/Internet Tel# Local 164 YM:jopoysolano Linux User# 345281 ----------------------- 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
