* On 02/12/06 22:00 +0100, Jos Chrispijn wrote: | Jasper Bryant-Greene schreef (02-12-06 20:51): | >Which is why, if your mail is really that important, you get a proper | >cluster of database servers. A text file is *not* going to scale to any | >sort of real volume. | > | A proper cluster of database servers? I am allready happy that I have | one (1) BSD server online! | My real volume is about <= 80 usr max (of which one has to use webmail | and the rest volunterarly). | | cheers, | Jos Okay, Jos is just starting up administering e-mail services. One server, 79 users max ;) If you look at http://www.bsdstats.org/countries.php, item #16, you will see what I mean. All those servers reported there are installed/managed by me, and mail-wise, none of them has less than 100 users, each with some weird requirement. So, a database-driven setup still makes alot of sense to me, even for 79 users: SQL>update users set pop3 = '0' where username = 'jos@domain.tld'; That is faster than cd /some/directory/path vi somefilename add entries restart daemon (perhaps) With that single sql query, all servers contacting the DB for data (directly or by replication) will already be aware of the restriction I've put on pop3 service to user jos. Over to you, Jos. -Wash DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic.