Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-21 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/19/2009 07:23 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > I don't see any disadvantages to using virtual users. Actually, with > that many users, it would be more difficult to NOT make them virtual. > I don't think that's strictly true. You should be able to use system users with an LDAP backend as w

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-20 Thread Alessandro Vesely
Joseph C. Lininger wrote: >> Is it? I thought the advantage of using more blown up back-ends >> consisted in having more functionalities, not performance. > > The userdb module uses berkley db or gdbm databases for authentication. > These are good for smaller setups, less than a few hundred users.

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-20 Thread Joseph C. Lininger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > Is it? I thought the advantage of using more blown up back-ends > consisted in having more functionalities, not performance. The userdb module uses berkley db or gdbm databases for authentication. These are good for smaller setups, less than a few

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-20 Thread Bowie Bailey
Alessandro Vesely wrote: > Bowie Bailey wrote: > >> Userdb is the simplest method, but it is also the least efficient. >> > > Is it? I thought the advantage of using more blown up back-ends > consisted in having more functionalities, not performance. Weren't > there some benchmarks on tha

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-20 Thread Alessandro Vesely
Bowie Bailey wrote: > Userdb is the simplest method, but it is also the least efficient. Is it? I thought the advantage of using more blown up back-ends consisted in having more functionalities, not performance. Weren't there some benchmarks on that? I cannot find them...

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-19 Thread Alexander Hotmail
Thanks a lot Bowie. I have never regretted joining the Courier users list. Alexander -Original Message- From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 5:02 PM To: Alexander Hotmail; Courier-Users Subject: Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-19 Thread Bowie Bailey
3:24 PM > To: courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users > > Alexander Hotmail wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Are there any limits to the number of virtual users one can use in a >> courier site? Is a hundred virtual use

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-19 Thread dino
>> Are there any limits to the number of virtual users one can use in a >> courier site? Is a hundred virtual users too much? Are there any >> disadvantages in using virtual users only? > I don't see any disadvantages to using virtual users. Actually, with that > many users, it would be more dif

Re: [courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-19 Thread Bowie Bailey
Alexander Hotmail wrote: > > Hi, > > Are there any limits to the number of virtual users one can use in a > courier site? Is a hundred virtual users too much? Are there any > disadvantages in using virtual users only? > I currently have well over 100 virtual users in a userdb setup with no problem

[courier-users] System vs. Virtual users

2009-10-19 Thread Alexander Hotmail
Hi, Are there any limits to the number of virtual users one can use in a courier site? Is a hundred virtual users too much? Are there any disadvantages in using virtual users only? Alexander -- Come build with