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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:35:26 +0100
From:      Feargal Reilly <feargal@fbi.ie>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Integrating Postfix +  Amavisd-new + Clamav + DSpam + DBmail
Message-ID:  <20070718113526.768dc87d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie>
In-Reply-To: <20070717222808.GA93337@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de>
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:28:08 +0200
Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de> wrote:

> I think one main 'problem' with dbmail will be that if your db
> crashes or stops working  EVERYTHING  is lost.  You don't have
> these problems in this dimension with a filesystem based
> mailsystem. Primarily you will have to find a good
> backup/failover solution for your database - regardless of
> what system you will use (pgsql, mysql, oracle, mssql...
> SQLlite ...)
> 

This is a bit unfair to dbmail - the exact same applies to
filesystem based mail systems. If you do not have a good
backup/failover solution, and your filesystem crashes or stops
working, EVERYTHING is lost.


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