From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 11:54:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8E416A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mg5.xecu.net (mg5.xecu.net [216.127.136.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9785D43D41 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:54:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mg5.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95AF1207F73; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:53:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from mg5.xecu.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mg5.xecu.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64093-07; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:53:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from thunder.xecu.net (thunder.xecu.net [216.127.136.208]) by mg5.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2DD207F51; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:53:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:54:05 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dills To: Odhiambo Washington In-Reply-To: <20040322142823.GA32786@ns2.wananchi.com> Message-ID: <20040324145054.K23306@thunder.xecu.net> References: <20040321202625.GR7109@complx.LF.net> <20040322142823.GA32786@ns2.wananchi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at xecu.net cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tpop3d experience ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:54:19 -0000 On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Kurt Jaeger [20040321 23:26]: wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm researching other POP server options besides qpopper > > on servers with many (6K+) and sometimes large (200MB+) pop boxes > > in maildir configuration. > > > > Is someone using tpop3d ? Care to share your experience ? > > I have over 10k user accounts from /etc/passwd (system users, > without shells) and over 4k users from MySQL. > I run tpop3d-1.5.3 (actually I've been running it since those > early days of 1.3.x) and I must say I am very happy with it. > Before that, I did run other pop3 daemons but they lacked the > flexibility I wanted. This is an ISP enviroment, using Maildir > for both system accounts and DB based users. > > With tpop3d, you can't go wrong! For what it's worth, qmail's pop3d is also pretty solid. Very small, very lightweight, and you get to write your own password authentication if you want. For an MTA however, I don't use qmail, I use postfix (but with maildir). Although, this thread has convinced me to try out tpop3d...I'll definitely give it a look. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---