[Dovecot] Cyrus vs Dovecot

Mathieu Kretchner mathieu.kretchner at sophia.inria.fr
Mon Aug 11 17:57:12 EEST 2008


Charles Marcus a écrit :
> On 8/11/2008, Mathieu Kretchner (mathieu.kretchner at sophia.inria.fr) wrote:
>> But, at present, we need to have a secure / reliable / fast with all
>> the properties that must fit a real e-mail server in order to support
>> our new e-mail IMAP architecture, so the question is (because we have
>> only 2 options) Why should I choose dovecot instead of Cyrus ?
> 
> Because it is secure / reliable / faster than cyrus - and *much* easier 
> to install/configure?
> 
> You'll have more chance of a specific answer if you provide more 
> specifics as to what 'properties that must fit a real email server' 
> means to you.
> 

So here is my next environment :

how many mailbox ?
5000

how many users ?
6000

what is in use now ?
Cyrus

what kind of access ?
IMAP(s), POP3(s), webmail

how many server ?
2 (how to configure this with dovecot ? hearthbeat ? is it better with 1 
big hardware ? )

Database user ?
LDAP

Mail DB ?
Cyrus maildir

Capability ?
Sieve / Quota

High Performance without hacking conf files !




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