Bowie Bailey writes:
From: Sam Varshavchik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]But
Gordon Messmer writes:
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> >> That might work better. The only question is how well the alias system
>> scales. What would happen if I created an alias file with over 100,000
>> entries?
> > There doesn't seem to be an appreciable difference between an alias file
> 2000 entries long, and one 102000 entries long. I'm not the most
> knowledgeable in dbm matters, but it looks like it scales pretty well.
It will take a while for makealiases to chew through a huge alias list.that's about it, and mail delivery does not get affected.
That may be the killer problem right there. Is there any way to add an alias to the database without having to rebuild the whole thing? Email addresses are going to be added to this system on a regular basis and the new addresses need to be available immediately.
Nope.
I'm thinking that using LDAP aliases might be a better idea for this. Where can I find a good How-to for setting up an LDAP directory to work with Courier?
LDAP is definitely the way to go for huge alias lists. The db-based aliases is really just a stop-gap measure to run a small site where a full-blown LDAP setup would be overkill.
LDAP is a bear to set up. But, once everything is working right, there's very little maintenance. It runs by itself.
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