[Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
Hello All, I have built up my email server with exim + dovecot + clamv/spamassasin. I am using exim as LDA(local delivery agent). I was reading about using dovecot as LDA but I couldn't find why should I use it? Now, I am looking expert advice on Why should I use dovecot LDA ? Is there any benefit in terms of functionality or performance ? Any advice/suggestion/feedbacks welcome. Thanks Shantanu
Re: [Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
On 2013-12-02 10:56 AM, Kumar Shantanu shant...@techblue.co.uk wrote: Now, I am looking expert advice on Why should I use dovecot LDA ? Is there any benefit in terms of functionality or performance ? Any advice/suggestion/feedbacks welcome. Did you bother to read the wiki? http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/ It spells out the benefits pretty well... -- Best regards, */Charles/*
Re: [Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
Am 02.12.2013 16:56, schrieb Kumar Shantanu: Hello All, I have built up my email server with exim + dovecot + clamv/spamassasin. I am using exim as LDA(local delivery agent). I was reading about using dovecot as LDA but I couldn't find why should I use it? Now, I am looking expert advice on Why should I use dovecot LDA ? Is there any benefit in terms of functionality or performance ? Any advice/suggestion/feedbacks welcome. Thanks Shantanu i guess the difference is not dove vs exim lda ( dont know this ), its more about using dove lmtp vs lda ,lmtp should perform better then any lda, search the list archive about it Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
Re: [Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
** Kumar Shantanu shant...@techblue.co.uk [2013-12-02 15:58]: I have built up my email server with exim + dovecot + clamv/spamassasin. I am using exim as LDA(local delivery agent). I was reading about using dovecot as LDA but I couldn't find why should I use it? Now, I am looking expert advice on Why should I use dovecot LDA ? Is there any benefit in terms of functionality or performance ? Any advice/suggestion/feedbacks welcome. ** end quote [Kumar Shantanu] The main reason I switched was so that I could move from procmail to seive, which is much nicer to configure. As an aside it also fixed an annoyance I had where, with my virtual domain/user setup, a directory was created for each email address that had mail sent to it (which resulted in a collection of directories for random junk spam addresses). At the time I hadn't investigated a fix, and the upgrade to Dovecot 2, with Dovecot as the LDA managing the virtual users fixed this as a side issue :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP
Re: [Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
The main reason I switched was so that I could move from procmail to seive, I am curious if you investigated Exim's sieve script support. Was there some problem you saw with it, or you just didn't look into it?
Re: [Dovecot] Dove LDA vs Exim LDA
** WJCarpenter bill-dove...@carpenter.org [2013-12-02 18:04]: The main reason I switched was so that I could move from procmail to seive, I am curious if you investigated Exim's sieve script support. Was there some problem you saw with it, or you just didn't look into it? ** end quote [WJCarpenter] Good question, and it is a while ago so I can't completely remember. I think it may well have come down to documentation, there seems to be more easy to use stuff out there for the Dovecot implementation (even with Exim). There's tons of in detail stuff on Exim (I know I host a mirror), but it can be a little too in depth sometimes! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP
