On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 01:57:31 +0200 Sami Ketola <sami.ket...@dovecot.fi> wrote:
> >> > >> While it might be possible to disable all the other services except > >> master I must ask why? How would the users be accessing their mails then? > >> > >> Sami > > > > Hello Sami, > > > > you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost > > installation where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and > > IMAP (with dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery > > _on the SMTP host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the > > corresponding running services. > > Again that does not answer my question why? Why do you want all the locking > problems and multi-access problems that come with setup like that? What is > the actual problem that you are trying to solve? > > Sami Really, I can hardly believe you don't now large loadbalancing ISP setups with multiple nodes per single service ...? The simple problem: massive numbers of emails -- Regards, Stephan