Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 09.03.2010 14:41, schrieb Marcus Rueckert: > On 2010-03-09 14:30:14 +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: >> sql storage would be a nice idea anyway for clustering loadbalancing >> setups etc > > looked into drbd? > > darix > jep, i ve tested it allready and will implement it soon but neverthel

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 09.03.2010 13:33, schrieb Charles Marcus: > On 2010-03-09 6:23 AM, Marcio Merlone wrote: >> Anyway, a better solution to handle user account information than mysql >> is ldap (which I personally suggest) with pam. This can also handle all >> posix accounts, not just mail accounts, and thus impro

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 09.03.2010 14:40, schrieb Timo Sirainen: > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 14:30 +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: > >> sql storage would be a nice idea anyway for clustering loadbalancing >> setups etc > > And NoSQL storage would be even better for that :) My plan is still > http://www.dovecot.org/list/d

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 14:30 +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: > sql storage would be a nice idea anyway for clustering loadbalancing > setups etc And NoSQL storage would be even better for that :) My plan is still http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-August/041983.html, that would allow adding

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 14:41 +0100, Marcus Rueckert wrote: > On 2010-03-09 14:30:14 +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > sql storage would be a nice idea anyway for clustering loadbalancing > > setups etc > > looked into drbd? DRBD is nice when all your users fit into a single server that is replic

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2010-03-09 14:30:14 +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: > sql storage would be a nice idea anyway for clustering loadbalancing > setups etc looked into drbd? darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Marcio Merlone
Em 9/3/2010 08:07, Charles Marcus escreveu: ??? You aren't listening. Storing *email* in mysql is a totally different concept from storing USER DATA in mysql. You do NOT have to switch to dbmail to change your config to start using MySQL for managing your user accounts. Personally, I would use

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-03-09 6:23 AM, Marcio Merlone wrote: > Anyway, a better solution to handle user account information than mysql > is ldap (which I personally suggest) with pam. This can also handle all > posix accounts, not just mail accounts, and thus improving consistence. > I'd use that for any system wi

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-09 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-03-08 11:00 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not >> actually storing mails there. If you really wanted to store mails on >> MySQL, you'd have to use dbmail instead of Dovecot.

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Egbert Jan van den Bussche
List > Onderwerp: Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes? > > > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not > >>

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 8, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not actually storing mails there. If you really wanted to store mails on MySQL, you'd have to use dbmail instead of Dovecot. I

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 11:00 -0500, Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not > > actually storing mails there. If you really wanted to store mails on > > MySQL, you'd have to use dbmail instead

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-03-08 10:52 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > *PS* I was told that Dovecot doesn't support MySQL mailboxes. I > think it does. Am I wrong? You're confusing 'mailboxes' with user mail 'settings' and/or user management. Dovecot does not currently support storing users mail in any sql database, al

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not > actually storing mails there. If you really wanted to store mails on > MySQL, you'd have to use dbmail instead of Dovecot. Is it even worth it with less than 500 users? I mea

Re: [Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 10:52 -0500, Carlos Mennens wrote: > *PS* I was told that Dovecot doesn't support MySQL mailboxes. I think > it does. Am I wrong? Dovecot supports looking up user information from MySQL, but not actually storing mails there. If you really wanted to store mails on MySQL, you'

[Dovecot] Using MySQL For Mailboxes?

2010-03-08 Thread Carlos Mennens
I have always seen some people indicate they use MySQL for mailboxes in Postfix and I wondered how difficult something like this would be? I have 300 users on my company Postfix server right now. I am just using Postfix, Dovecot (IMAP4 only), & Roundcube (Webmail). I have MySQL loaded on the machin