Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:57:06 -0700 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@lists.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 60,000 mailboxes w/ WebAccess Message-ID: <20030717035706.GL24507@perrin.int.nxad.com> In-Reply-To: <20030717035631.6254a8a7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> References: <20030716184152.7c5eaeee.wfroning@uop.edu> <20030717035631.6254a8a7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
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<this_email_has_trolling_written_all_over_it_please_don't_byte /> > > What would you suggest for the software? imap-uw? > > Sendmail/Postfix? I've used squirrelmail and imp. I also saw > > GatorMail which looked super nice. Any suggestions welcome. > > First of all : use Maildir :) > > my choice should be : > - qmail > - vpopmail with LDAP backend Bleh. I did the postfix + Maildir + courier + NFS bit for a few years and won't do it again. postfix + cyrus is a much more scalable/reliable/functional/elegant combination (in my experience). cyrus 2.2 has virtual domain support if you need it (have had it in production for about 6mo now). Whether or not you use qmail's a different matter, but I've been down that road before too and won't comment on the topic. > - imp (CVS version if you wish to use horde 3.x framework for portal) > - courier-imap I have about 2K in patches that I had to use to get courier to work reliably with clients and to do what I needed. The code is fugly if you need to patch it. I'd avoid this software like the plague, looking back on it, it seems broken by design and doesn't let local Maildir clients interoperate easily with IMAP clients. > - perdition if you wish to use IMAP(s)/POP(s) proxy cyrus has a scalability scheme called "murder," that seems to work quite well. > - NTP to avoid bad surprises with NFS/Maildir. No need for NFS with cyrus because of murder. postfix + lmtp + cyrus == way I should've done things from the start and am now having to migrate users and am kicking myself along the way. -sc -- Sean Chittenden
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