From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 22 14:30:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BDD16A418 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hoschi@etain.frida.mouhaha.de) Received: from etain.frida.mouhaha.de (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CAD13C46A for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hoschi@etain.frida.mouhaha.de) Received: from localhost (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) by etain.frida.mouhaha.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91D664B26C7; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:30:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mouhaha.de Received: from etain.frida.mouhaha.de ([85.236.48.54]) by localhost (etain.frida.mouhaha.de [85.236.48.54]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MsUh89QkXKzD; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:28:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: by etain.frida.mouhaha.de (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C99C74B26C5; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:28:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:28:28 +0200 From: Oliver Peter To: Feargal Reilly Message-ID: <20070722142828.GB5957@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070718113526.768dc87d@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p2 i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Integrating Postfix + Amavisd-new + Clamav + DSpam + DBmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:30:20 -0000 --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 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--