Hi all,
I was thinking about building a dedicated smtp server for dbmail. This
will not be a full smtp server implementation (no relaying and stuff
like that) but pureley an smtp reception daemon. This has the following
advantages:
• much higher mail reception throughput
• direct bounces if needed
• direct checks against aliases table
• no depedencies of other smtp's
It will coexist next to an LMTP implementation. They both will service
different needs.
We've tested a very very very minimal version of an smtp server. It was
able to process about 70 mailmessages per second. That about 10 times
as many as the current situation can handle.
Furthermore, Roel and i were brainstorming about speeding up the imap
server. Our goal is to make it 5 - 10 times faster as it is now. Also
we want to implement shared folders. For both changes we'll need to
make changes to the database layout. We have some plans about this that
we'll reveal soon.
Best regards,
Eelco
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