-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/08 10:56, Martin Marcher wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a solution for email archiving > > the priorities I have for it are the following: > > # reliability > # offline backups (that'll probably be scripted) > # availability > # speed as the least important > > I guess every decent box that is out there does that, but I'm a bit unsure > on the software part- I've been using cyrus in the past but I want this to > be as simple as possible. > > This will really be archiving, so the only operation that will really be > done is droping old mails there and searching for them once in a while. > > First i was thinking about just using cyrus and a few system users (I want > as few dependencies as possible) but then again cyrus seems so bloated on > the other hand googling for email archiving leads me to appliances with > open end pricing which in turn suggests that there's more to it than simply > providing storage that is not the main imap server and is just there to > search for stuff. > > I guess I'm totally on the wrong track or just got confused by all the > buzzwords certain searches throw at you. I'm open to any suggestion about > how you do archiving (buying one of those multi thousand euro appliances is > not an option)
You aren't giving us enough information. Is this for *you*, for a SOHO, a small company, or -- since you are using cyrus -- for 10,000 college students? IMAP, I presume? Flat files, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHucWGS9HxQb37XmcRAmkKAJsGS7vGD8GU9b7YkwxOqceLZJqNEgCeN5uz E/Q+O6O3aVdqw5xig8BwzlI= =WKT7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
