This isn't an answer to the original question - just some thoughts...
How would vchkpw perform in this situation? (http://www.inter7.com/vchkpw/)
Presumably, the vpasswd file would be the bottleneck? Is it possible to use
vchkpw with a DB of some sort, eg CDB? Presumably, this would involve
hacking vchkpw appropriately?
R.
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> My company wants to provide users on the internet with a free email
> service ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). We'll be starting off with about
> 3,000 users, potentially growing up to 10,000 in the next 12 months.
>
> How feasible is it to create a passwd/shadow entry for each user,
> providing them with POP/IMAP access ? (or maybe just pop if imap puts
> too much load on the server).
>
> With the passwd and shadow files containing so many entries, will the
> password lookups take forever ?
>
> Our current server spec is a PIII 400, 256M, but we'll replace it with a
> high spec server if/when needed.
>
> Does this sound OK, or should we look at buying (or developing) hotmail
> style software instead ?
>
>
> Any ideas/comments appreciated,
> .Chris.
>
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