On 31-10-14 10:54, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 31.10.2014 um 10:44 schrieb Matt .:
>> Yes we did, but as in performance and security I want to inform myself
>> as good as I can.
>>
>> There are spamfilters in front, and also outgoing spamfilters are
>> there. The only question is... is it a performance issue too to have
>> Postfix locally ? Most services are seperated here per box.
> 
> no - LMTP is more or less the same as SMTP
> 
> so if you handle your incoming load with SMTP over WAN you handle also
> the LMTP load inside the LAN and you should *in general* limit the LMTP
> deliveries to only one at the same time in case of dbmail-lmtpd

Indeed. I *never* run an incoming MTA on the imap/pop3 hosts if I can
avoid it. LMTP was designed for this.

mailbox_transport = lmtp:[dbmail]:24
virtual_transport = lmtp:[dbmail]:24

where 'dbmail' can be any IP or hostname you prefer. Of course, normal
latency considerations apply.


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