Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:28:28 +0200 From: Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de> To: Feargal Reilly <feargal@fbi.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Integrating Postfix + Amavisd-new + Clamav + DSpam + DBmail Message-ID: <20070722142828.GB5957@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> In-Reply-To: <20070718113526.768dc87d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> References: <469A06D1.4030601@wlink.com.np> <20070717155834.GK46587@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> <469D1A7E.6030906@wlink.com.np> <20070717222808.GA93337@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> <20070718113526.768dc87d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie>
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--GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 11:35:26AM +0100, Feargal Reilly wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:28:08 +0200 > Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de> wrote: >=20 > > 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 ...) > >=20 >=20 > 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. Of course you're right. But when you use a database based mail solution your database can crash and your filesystem can crash. When you use a filesystem based system you don't have the additional db-crash-factor. Personally I trust my filesystem skills more than my database skills :) --=20 Oliver PETER, email: hoschi@mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174 "Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave." --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkajaYwACgkQ6LH/IUVtaI959QCgoP9RtBsViCsh8+LRWYWCTMvz GLYAniFuAKsk6wnnOTqWURALsDgShDZt =Y5Hm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7--
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