i've thought about using the control patch but had the same reservations about it as the ones andre points out. however for what its worth i came up with a compromise which is to use the control files but generate them from data kept in an ldap store.
travis >> Bruno Negr�o wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'd like to know from Claudio and/or Andre if you lean to incorporate >> the >> qmail-ldap-control patch into qmail-ldap. >> >> As you may know, qmail-ldap-control simplifies significantly the >> maintenance >> of clustered environments. It avoid the necessity of editing the >> 'rcpthosts' >> and 'locals' files of each server every time we need to add or remove a >> new >> virtual domain. >> >> What do you think about it? Is it possible or desirable? (my vote is >> 'yes, >> incorporate it!') > > We have thought about qmail-ldap-control for a long time now and have > drawn up our plans how we want to implement that. The existing control > implementation is pretty inefficient and totally breaks down if the > LDAP server gets lost. Our solution will continue to accept mail and > everything but delivering mails to mailboxes. > > Why isn't that implemented yet you ask? Two reasons; We haven't found > enough (spare) time to do it and/or nobody has yet stepped forward to > fund this it so we can work on it during business hours. Maybe this > will change it, we never know. ;) > > -- > Andre >
