On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:35:33PM -0500, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: [snip]
> locally so the server doesn't need to process them every time. You > also don't have to use the entire Courier system. You can individually > get the IMAP server, the webmail system, and the filtering system > (maildrop). Or, you can get the whole package. That's actually one of the cool things I like about Courier. It's not all or nothing and you don't have to try to fit a square peg into a round hole (or a Maildir peg into sendmail hole ;-)). I'm actually working on a project to ditch qmail and use *cough* sendmail (please direct security flames about sendmail elsewhere -- sendmail hasn't had a *remotely* exploitable hole for a *long* time other than one that wasn't sendmail's fault, but the 2.2 Linux kernel's fault. And these are sealed servers -- no shell access.). For the sake of transition I was trying to find a way to have sendmail to deliver to Maildir format. Enter maildrop. Maildrop dropped right into sendmail as a local mailer just fine. When I get a chance, I'm going to investigate the Courier system further. Especially since it looks like it's licensed under the GPL (I'm a GPL bigot and proud of it), which makes it easier to tie into mysql without having to worry about licensing conflicts. Especially with Mysql AB's slightly whacked view of the GPL -- linking is a nebulous concept, but communicating over a network socket is NOT linking -- not that *I* really care, it just makes it difficult to use it as a backend unless you make sure you work with some other database as well or plan to release everything under the GPL. The (off-topic?) point is that pursuing my user configurable smtp rejection might not work too well license-wise if I use sendmail and mysql. I could be wrong, though, having it *all* be GPLed is probably safer. I know, there's postgresql as well. But since I'ld prefer it be GPLed, and it seems that Courier generates a lot less groans when it comes to security, that may be the route I take. The 'pick and choose what you want' concept of Courier is a great added bonus. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior Systems Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
