Unfortunately I didn't get a reply earlier, so maybe my questions were too vague or mail-guru's are on holiday :). Anyway, I will try to make it more clear which way I am thinking.
I did some hours of research and for me the choice comes down to these alternatives for IMAP: Courier-IMAP <--> Cyrus-IMAP Pro's for Courier: - I already have it - Easy to config - Maildirs Con's for Courier: - It is SLOW when Maildirs grow Pro's for Cyrus: - Faster (???) storage system of mails Con's for Cyrus: - Own format for storage - More complex (???) Obviously, I've got some questions left. I am ready to take a plunge into Cyrus (it is new to me) if it is *a lot* faster than Maildirs. Now I've got Folders with 50 MB or so in and it takes 5-10 seconds to load, with Courier-IMAP eating all my CPU and disk... On the other hand, I'd prefer to stick with my current stuff since I now it. So this makes it Postfix + Courier again. One last consideration for me is a nice web-based admin tool for virtual domains and virtual users. I would like to store the info in LDAP or MySQL. I had quite some issues with OpenLDAP in the past so I guess MySQL is preferred for me. I did see a lot of web based stuff, but not for Postfix. Another solution might be to store the mails itself also in MySQL (Or Postgres)? I didn't see much info on this on the net, but it seems possible. Anyone tried this? Is this working? How about speed and ease of management? Thanx a lot for you help, ideas and tips in advance. Pim On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:23:04 +0200, Pim Bliek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Currently I am hosting my mail on an old box at home. It has quite a > new disk though, an 80 GB WD. However, my Maildir is BIG (288 MB now) > and it is DOGSLOW. Next week I will get my own Debian Stable dedicated > server at my ISP (YEAAAAH! ;)). > > I would love to get some good suggestions on how to proceed. Currently > I am running Postfix, procmail, Courier-IMAP, Courier-POP, > POP-before-SMTP, amavisd-new, clamav and spamasssassin. > > I would like to have a more flexible setup. I basicly need: > > - easy config for users with own domains (web based?) > - FASTER Maildirs (Courier is SLOW) > - Virtual domains support > - IMAP-SSL support (don't want it unencrypted anymore of course) > - Should run on Woody (Stable) > > Nice to haves: > - Storing all authentication and other admin stuff in some database or LDAP? > > I did Google around for some time now, but I get loads and loads of > info and everybody says that mailserver X or Y (which they are of > course using) is the best. I would love to get some good advice. > > Thanx in advance for all your suggestions! Hopefully I am not asking > too much :). > > Pim > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]