[Dovecot] Some POP3 questions

[Kenneth Kalmer]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 23:32 +0200, Kenneth Kalmer wrote:
> > >> * NFS server which is the same server that houses single Courier-IMAP
> > >> installation (Gentoo, 3GB memory)
> > >> * 2x Postfix instances delivering to NFS
> > >>
> > >
> > > NFS may be problematic. Dovecot expects a perfectly working NFS setup,
> > > which seems to be a bit rare to find. http://wiki.dovecot.org/NFS
> > >
> >
> > Just for the record, dovecot will be access the mail directly on the
> disks,
> > it will be the LDA's on the postfix instances coming in over NFS. I'm
> > reading the NFS again to make sure I understand the risks
>
> If the LDA is Dovecot deliver, it's the same problem since it also
> updates index/control files that cause the problems. But if you're using
> something else that does nothing but write the maildir files, then it's
> fine.
>

I'm looking to use the Dovecot LDA so the caches are updated and the
filenames are correct, to get good POP3 performance.

I'm looking forward to giving Dovecot a go, but I'll rig up a staging
environment first.

Thanks for the encouraging responses everyone.

Best

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Kenneth Kalmer
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