Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
[Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable to that of the ISPMail howto]. Muhammad Yousuf Khan: i am working in a small company 30 to 50 users, so which one is more suitable for me a mailbox

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
Jochen Spieker: For 50 users, I recommend to use Maildirs and make sure Dovecot's LDS is ^^^ Whoops. What I meant to write was LDA. Not LSD and most definitely not LDS. :) J. -- I feel yawning hollowness whilst talking to

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: [Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable to that of the ISPMail howto]. Muhammad Yousuf Khan: i am working in a

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Kelly Clowers kelly.clow...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.dewrote: [Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
Kelly Clowers: On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: I don't think there are many people (or organisations) that keep their e-mails in relational databases. Sure, mail servers like Exchange (or Dovecot) may have their own on-disk-format for mailboxes

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: Kelly Clowers: On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: I don't think there are many people (or organisations) that keep their e-mails in relational databases. Sure, mail servers

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Joe
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 18:55:34 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote: now i want to decide the email storage strategy where i am confuse a bit to choose the correct path. i remember someone once suggested me that i should store emails directly into my harddisk in to file formate

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Once I used a mailbox and got cured of that in a hurry when clamav cut off access to the entire content of that mailbox because at least one of the messages in that mailbox had a virus clamav had detected. That was a windows virus too. I went with nmh after that since it uses folders with