The end of Dovecot Director?

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 26/10/2022 12:42 EEST Narcis Garcia <debianlists at actiu.net> wrote:
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> El 26/10/22 a les 10:51, Aki Tuomi ha escrit:
> > 
> >> On 26/10/2022 11:41 EEST Narcis Garcia <debianlists at actiu.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>
> >> Does this removal include or exclude IMAP backends?
> >>
> >> -- 
> >>
> >> Narcis Garcia
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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
> 
> -- 
> 
> Narcis Garcia

Still gonna work.

Aki