one more thing. can I convert my file-based email system to dbmail. Is there
any howto to do this? My system is :

1. IMAP - uw-imap
2. smtp - postfix
3. OS - linux
4. front-end : squirrelmail

thanks.

On 12/3/05, zamri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the answer Paul. I'm glad it satisfies all of my minimum
> requirements for me to setup one.
>
> cheers,
> ~ zamri
>
> On 12/3/05, Paul J Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > zamri wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to dbmail and started to go deeper into implementing it. I
> > > realized there's a wiki on dbmail's site but I just still want to ask
> > > you guys to convince me the right answers to these questions.
> > >
> > > 1. Does dbmail support per-user and per-group quota?
> >
> > It does support per-user quota, but not per-group. There are plans to
> > fully
> > support QUOTA capabilities (per-folder).
> >
> > > 2. Does dbmail support for spam and antivirus scanner?
> >
> > Use amavis, or dspam, or whatever. It's an MTA issue.
> >
> > > 3. Can dbmail be read by standard client like Outlook, Thunderbird and
> > > others?
> >
> > Yes, yes, and yes.
> >
> > > 4. How do I backup dbmails and transfer it to another machine?
> >
> > Dbmail-2.1 has a simple export tool. For 2.0 (advisable for newbies) you
> > will
> > have to use imapsync or something similar, or use your imap client.
> >
> > > 5. Is it any limitation on for dbmail by using BLOB in MySQL?
> >
> > None that I know of. But there may be issues with charset encodings and
> > collation as people start running mysql-5. Dbmail-2.0 pretty much
> > assumes a
> > us-ascii world, and though dbmail-2.1 does use utf-8 internally (gmime)
> > there
> > will no doubt be issues with real utf-8 messages in terms of string
> > handling.
> >
> > > 6. What db are u recommend between MySQL and PostgreSQL in terms of
> > > performance and features?
> >
> > Both work very well with dbmail. Your requirements, experiences and
> > preferences
> > should guide you.
> >
> > > 7. Does it support the use of procmail?
> >
> > You can use procmail as your local delivery agent, and use procmail to
> > insert
> > messages into dbmail using dbmail-smtp. If you're accustomed to uw-imapd
> > and
> > server-side sorting with procmail, that's your starting point.
> >
> > > 8. Is there any web-based interface suitable for dbmail like
> > OpenWebMail
> > > and SquirrelMail?
> >
> > I don't know about openwebmail. But I know that opengroupware.org,
> > squirrelmail,
> > ilohamail all work just fine. Please note however that not all webmail
> > clients
> > actually handle dbmail's NAMESPACE/ACL (read shared mailboxes) support
> > very well.
> >
> > Also, I have plans myself to develop a generic webmail-imap client as a
> > zope3
> > component with ajax (using mochikit) that will be specifically geared to
> > dbmail-2.2's strength (server-side filters with sieve, server-side
> > sorting and
> > threading, header caching). But that won't happen until 2.2 is gold.
> >
> >
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