[Dovecot] LMTP benefit vs LDA

[Daniel Parthey]

Alessio Cecchi wrote:
> Daniel Parthey wrote:
> > Davide wrote:
> >>my question is what is benefit implementing LMTP service replacing
> >>LDA i have dovecot 2.1.8 with vpopmail+qmail and about 500 users
> >>now i'm using LDA and i'm interested on LMTP service.
> >with LMTP...
> >* you don't need to spawn a new process for each message
> 
> For me this options is the most valuable. I'm also running
> qmail+vpopmail and dovecot as LDA and with thousand of users spawn a
> new process for each message could be a problem.
> 
> But you need to switch to postfix, or have you some idea on how to
> run qmail and LMTP together?

You will need an MTA with LMTP client support, e.g. postfix or exim:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP

Regards
Daniel
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