[aclug-L] Re: MTAs & maildir vs mbox (was Re: Virtual POP3 andIMAP server)

["Ryan Hunt" <rhunt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We havent moved dialup users to QMail YET.. only our webhosting custimers
are on it.. we are in the process tho, once that is done we will have about
the same staticts as you but the nice part will be the ability to have
multiple pop's with the same username, eg webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and
webmaster@xxxxxxxx as well..

Support is great, the people at inter7.com have #QMail@Efnet and I have
spent alot of time with them... For those with the money inter7.com sells
preconfigured qmail servers for reasonable prices as well...

-Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Owen" <owenc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:41 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: MTAs & maildir vs mbox (was Re: Virtual POP3 andIMAP
server)


>
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Carl D Cravens wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Ryan Hunt wrote:
> >
> > > we have 92 virtural domains hosting in qmail and proably a 500-1000
users
> > > and havent problems
> >
> > SouthWind ran over a hundred virtual domains and over 10,000 users on
> > Sendmail.  The only problems we ever had with it was due to
> > configuration error.
>
> As far as I can tell (and since Steve is sitting right across from me and
> says it is so I think I'm right), Southwind didn't do real virtual domain
> on onyx.  /etc/mail/virtusertable and true virtual names really aren't the
> same thing.
>
> We currently have about 8,000 users and ~100 domain names on our POP box
> and we have no problems.  However, we too really aren't true virtual names
> (there can't be more than one POP account with same username).  We looked
> at lots of mailers for the new POP box we are building and in the end
> decided to stay with sendmail.  The reason really is for POP purposes the
> MTA really isn't doing that much.  Accept mail and pass of to local
> delivery agent.  Not that hard.
>
> For inbound MX and outbound SMTP we are probably going to be moving away
> from sendmail.  Postfix looks like the winner now, mainly because of the
> ease with which you can handoff to external filters.  We scan all incoming
> email (and will be scanning outbound) for virii and that is a bit harder
> to do with sendmail (milter is not ready for prime time in my opinion).
>
> I think the only real solution to this age old war is that each MTA has
> its strengths.  Those strengths will make each one better suited for
> specific tasks.  For out purposes we kept sendmail for the POP server for
> really no other reason than familiarity.  If anything can do the task then
> stick with what you know.  Much easier to solve those 2am emergencies if
> you stick to what you know.
>
> Chris
>
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