On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:09:01PM +0100, Vincent Schonau wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:01:51AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > Gopi Sundaram writes:
>
> >> I'm reluctant to move to Maildir until we can get more MUAs to support
> >> them (specifically Pine and Netscape).
>
> > Wrong idea. Never expose your mailboxes to your users. Always use a
> > virtual mailbox system -- either pop3 or imap.
>
> Why?
Flexibility. I have seem way too many mail systems start life as a
single box with a single disk grow into a multi-server setup.
Build in as much flexibility as you can from the start and you'll
never regret it. It costs nothing but a little thinking.
For example: if you only allow network access you can use load
balancing and DNS changes to move services around transparently. By
using network services you enable access by a much larger class of
client programs. By using network access you can transparently change
mailbox formats and server software.
Regards.
