Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Once I used a mailbox and got cured of that in a hurry when clamav cut off access to the entire content of that mailbox because at least one of the messages in that mailbox had a virus clamav had detected. That was a windows virus too. I went with nmh after that since it uses folders with eac

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Joe
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 18:55:34 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > now i want to decide the email storage strategy where i am confuse a > bit to choose the correct path. > > i remember someone once suggested me that i should store emails > directly into my harddisk in to file formate instead of

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Kelly Clowers: >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> >>> I don't think there are many people (or organisations) that keep their >>> e-mails in relational databases. Sure, mail servers like Exchange (or >>> Dovecot) may

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
Kelly Clowers: > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> I don't think there are many people (or organisations) that keep their >> e-mails in relational databases. Sure, mail servers like Exchange (or >> Dovecot) may have their own on-disk-format for mailboxes instead of >> pla

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> [Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have >> less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable >> to that of the ISPMail howto]. >>

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > [Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have > less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable > to that of the ISPMail howto]. > > Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > > > > i am working in a small company

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
Jochen Spieker: > > For 50 users, I recommend to use Maildirs and make sure Dovecot's LDS is ^^^ Whoops. What I meant to write was "LDA". Not LSD and most definitely not LDS. :) J. -- I feel yawning hollowness whilst talking to

Re: Mailbox, Mysql or Folder.

2012-11-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
[Disclaimer: I only run a mail server for mainly personal use. I have less than ten users on that system but the configuration is comparable to that of the ISPMail howto]. Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > > i am working in a small company 30 to 50 users, so which one is more > suitable for me a mailbox st