Re: Merits of using MySQL (Was: Looping tcprules issue solved)
I don't see the need either. I have several thousand users among 400 domains, running off a 1/2 GB PII, with no problems whatsoever. I rarely see a load average higher than .7. In addition, the server mirror's itself 3 times a day to another server that can be configured on the fly to take over, if necessary. Qmail is way cool... Dan Ben Beuchler wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:27:59PM -0500, Ryan Hayle wrote: On that note--what is the real benefit of using MySQL? I'm running it now, and things are working fine, but I'm afraid of the load problem you described before... Does MySQL offer a significant performance gain? I doubt we'll -ever- have over 1000 users (we don't even have 100 now), and so it's not that important. I used to be running exim on a 486 with gnu-pop3d and it worked quite well, no performance issues whatsoever. Because databases are cool. Everything should be run off a database. Ben -- Ben Beuchler [EMAIL PROTECTED] MAILER-DAEMON (612) 321-9290 x101 Bitstream Underground www.bitstream.net -- Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. == Daniel E. JacksonSchlumberger GeoQuest/System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (713) 513-2170 ==
Re: Qmailadmin installation
Once during an upgrade (hardware upgrade) I had to move an existing installation to another machine. I tar'd up the vpopmail root directory and the /var/qmail/control and /var/qmail/users directory and had no problems. One week after the upgrade, we installed a new server to keep a mirror of the installation for reliability's sake, using the same methods, and it works well. You still need to do the initial install of qmail, rblsmtpd, vpopmail, etc but after that... Dan Jaren Peterson wrote: If I reinstall QmailAdmin won't I lose all my users, forwards and aliases that I have set up with the previous installation? If there is a way to reinstall without losing them I would love to know! thanks in advance once again. Jaren P.S. Sorry bout sending that out saying I was secretary of state before.. I was trying to prove to my boss that without Relay Control anybody could send mail saying they were anybody.. :) needless to say, he believes me now and has let me set it up. -- Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. == Daniel E. JacksonSchlumberger GeoQuest/System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (713) 513-2170 ==
