[Dovecot] Creating an IMAP repo for ~100 users need some advice

[Kaya Saman]

On 03/17/2012 09:51 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am currently in the process of setting up an IMAP repository for round 100 users....
>>
>> Currently the user authentication method is being handled via a Windows Domain Controller.
>>
>> The host OS for Dovecot will either be FreeBSD or CentOS.
>>
>>
>> Would Dovecot be able to authenticate to either the DC directly or would we need to go through LDAP??
>>
>>
>> Additionally
>   what would be the best method to store the **mail** information? - as
> in MySQL database or Maildir format; coinciding with this what is the
> best backup method in order to be able to do 'dump' backups or restore
> single emails??
>>
>> Can anyone give me a hand with this?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Kaya
>
>
>
> Hi Kaya,
>
> I can't force you to follow a specific path.
> All I can do, is tell you my experience on this.
>
> Using Dovecot for IMAP, XMail for POP3/SMTP, Horde for
> Webmail, OpenLDAP for LDAP (no windows software
> there) and CentOS v5.5 32-bit onwards.
> User base is about 30 users.
> System uptime without a glitch reached at some point
> (had to reboot the server for maintenance reasons) about
> 200 days. I am sure it would go beyond 365 days.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> spyros
>
>
>
> ----
> "I merely function as a channel that filters
> music through the chaos of noise"
> - Vangelis

Thanks for that Spyros!


Regards,


Kaya