Quoting Dave McGuire <mcgu...@neurotica.com>: > On 07/10/2018 09:23 AM, dcl...@list.jmatt.net wrote: > >> A colleague asked me if it was possible for Dovecot to store messages > >> in the cloud. > > > > Does he have a more specific description of what he wants than "in the > > cloud", or does he just like using buzzwords? - From a user > perspective, > > I would say that Dovecot, or any other IMAP server, already stores > > messages "in the cloud". They are on a remote server, accessible > from > > any location by any device that has a functional IMAP client. > > I'm glad someone else said it. ;) When I read the OP's message I just > sat there shaking my head. As for his colleague, the local McDonald's > is hiring.
While I chuckled as well, I imagine what Jerry might be asking is how to use a remote file storage protocol or even a key-value storage backend, or something else that simply provides for remote back-end storage. I suppose this is for those shops who do not want to spill any potentially confidential data - it's easy to store all of the data remotely with symmetric encryption so it's opaque to the remote provider - but do not or cannot deal with tasks and maintenance of backing up and maintaining the data and storage equipment to support its operations. I also imagine the hard-working crew at Timo, Inc. have such things for sale to facilitate this with security and good performance, but they won't be inexpensive. See: http://www.dovecot.fi/products/ "Dovecot Object Storage" is probably what you're asking about, but you know the drill with software that doesn't have displayed pricing: you probably cannot afford it. =M=