[Dovecot] Difference between using auth_realms and setting up virtual mailboxes in postfix?

2013-07-12 Thread Gab IIpop
Hi, there is a possibility in the future that I might have to support
multiple domain names(but using the same IP address). Postfix has something
called 'virtual mailboxes' to help handle this.

But I also noticed that dovecot has a setting auth_realms where I can
specify domains separated by a space.

What is the relationship between the two?


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2013-07-11 Thread Gab IIpop
From the documentation, virtual users seem like a good idea if you plan on
having a lot of users. Although I'm wondering about the following:

What other benefits/consequences are there to using virtual over system
users and vice versa?

Will virtual users have the same protection as system users (system users
would use linux permissions, which is pretty secure)?

How easy will it be to switch from using system users to virtual users or
vice versa?