[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had dbmail installed and running great since 1.2.x. I'm now using > 2.0.7 on Debian Sarge with exim4 as the MTA. > > My question is simple. DBmail's install for pop3 and imap are so easy > and the configuration to make local domains + mailboxes all virtual > (mysql driven) is so complicated are there plans to integrate a MTA in > the dbmail software (a native SMTP server)?
No. If you think MTA integration is complicated, you're using the wrong MTA. In postfix all I need to do is set two config variables: postconf -e 'local_transport=dbmail-lmtp:$myhostname' postconf -e 'local_recipient_maps=' this will effectively use dbmail-lmtp (defined by adding a single line to the master config) for *all* locally deliverable email. Adding a new domain is simply a matter of setting the MX in dns, and adding some valid email addresses for the new domain in dbmail. > If not, why not? Because it's bad design. > I know dbmail is a pop3/imap server, but adding in the SMTP server makes > it a complete mail server and takes the headaches out of new installs... > (I'm not looking for th "RTFM" or "that's outside the scope of this > project" type answer... just really WHY not? is it because of a lack of > developers?) Well, lack of developers maybe part of it. Rather, lack of motivation from the point of view of developers though. Like Blake already pointed out; building a reliable mta is extremely hard to do. Of course, the problem field as such has by now been well explored by several foss projects, but it's simply not worth the effort. It would require very much less effort to develop some simple scripts to help admins. I would rather spent some time discussing why you consider mta integration to something difficult, and finding a way to make you happy without resorting to overly drastic measures like building a custom mta. -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl
