The end of Dovecot Director?
Narcis Garcia
debianlists at actiu.net
Wed Oct 26 09:42:21 UTC 2022
El 26/10/22 a les 10:51, Aki Tuomi ha escrit:
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>> On 26/10/2022 11:41 EEST Narcis Garcia <debianlists at actiu.net> wrote:
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>> El 26/10/22 a les 10:29, MK ha escrit:
>>>> To be clear, we are not removing proxying features from Dovecot either. Just the director ring feature.
>>> To be realy clear, you are not removing the proxy feature in dovecot that can be used to proxy users to different backend server on which
>>> the users mailboxes are stored?
>>>
>>> Thanks Oliver
>>>
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>> Does this removal include or exclude IMAP backends?
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>> Narcis Garcia
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> No. The only thing removed is the director component. Proxying works, IMAP backends are not removed. Director is responsible for mapping users to particular hosts.
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> This change will affect mostly people with more than 1-2 backends, with 2 backends you can still have primary/backup setup. Dovecot will still happily proxy connections to your backends.
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> AKi
Mmhh what about this for same FQDN?
one at example.net -> local Dovecot mailbox
two at example.net -> local Dovecot mailbox
three at example.net -> Specific IMAP backend
four at example.net -> local Dovecot mailbox
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