On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 12:27, p.lussier wrote: > The nice thing about Cyrus, from what I've seen is that it's similar > to MH in the sense that each message is a separate file. You want to > delete a message, you delete that file. You need to rename a folder, > you mv the directory.
> The other nice thing about it is the database for user > authentication. There's no need to add a system user account for > someone who just wants to get e-mail. UW-IMAP is another UW student > project gone awry :) This is how Maildir works. Another problem that can arise from mbox format is that if a user collects mail and never deletes anything (usually people that sit in corner offices), then it is possible that the mbox file can grow to >2GB. If your file system isn't properly equiped to handle single files >2GB, then once they hit it, they are done (and mail bounces because it can't be written to the file). Of course, those people should be forced to take a course in remedial e-mail, but try telling them that ;-) I've been using Courier for about 2 years now, and I love the maildir format. Courier also allows for "virtual" users, so you don't have to have system accounts. You can authenticate against an SQL database, an LDAP directory, etc. C-Ya, Kenny -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tact is just *not* saying true stuff" -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCB254DD0 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
