On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 03:48:00PM -0500, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > >> Having the mail daemons use SQL for auth was too slow. > >> > would using postgreSQL for auth with postfix / Dovecot be slow even if > you used top of the line hardware say a dual core CPU and 4GB memory > w/ RAID 0?I am thinking very strongly about moving our Exchange Server > to postfix / PostgresSQL.
Dunno, ask the postfix list. ISPs measure customer numbers by tens of thousands, some by the million, so SQL is no good for them. Mail servers are counted by the rack. > >> Customers and support staff had web interfaces to postgres for > >> config of > >> services. > > > >I am going to have to look into that. Also, thanks to others for the > >exim info as well as the vote for courier-imapd. I have used courier- > >imapd and I found it to be a pretty good platform but I like dovecot > >better personally. > > No probs. From what I see, the postfix list favours courier, but many admins of large sites lurk there.
