On Sun, 06 Apr 2003 22:04:32 +0200, Markus Welsch wrote: >> Well, performance is not a problem for me. As I already mentioned I'm just >> hosting a dozen of domains with only a couple of (low-use) mailboxes >> altogether. > >Well that really doesn't make a difference, but nevermind !
Well, I think it does. Solutions that are perfect for my needs are probably just inacceptable for "real" ISPs (because of the lack of performance, comfort, billing facilities, etc.) >> Sure, but I like the option of quickly having a glance at them using "Mutt," >> in case something goes wrong etc. This way I can ssh in and remove offending >> mails, instead having to telnet to 110 and DELE it. > >Well you could also set up webmail if you don't like to telnet. That's right. I will be doing that, in fact, using OpenWebMail (which seems to run great UNLESS the home directories are on NFS, which won't be the case for me.) >What do you count to "offending mails" ? Well, HUGE messages which users can't (or don't want to) download, and which I can easily delete using Mutt on the mbox file. >> What exactly does the above do? I'm sorry but I don't quite get your point. > >Well I thought you meant just for some hosts e. g. the mailserver host >you would like to have local deliverage and for all others you would >like to use cyrus. Call me stupid but I still don't quite get you. Maybe you would like to explain me your point off-list? >I don't think not using mbox and rather using a better way is not a >mistake. And I wouldn't also limit the decision of which You're absolutely right, but as I said (because I'm quite familiar with Exim) I would like to stick with it unless there are serious (or even compelling) reasons to move away fromit. And "better performance" isn't a reason for me since the server will be 99% idle all the time. >POP3/IMAP-server to use just because a MUA can't handle the format of >the server ... Again you're absolutely right, and now that you have reminded me of webmail this point is no longer an issue for me. >> This option I will only consider if there is NO OTHER WAY. I've once started >> to do that and I have very soon regretted that I did so, so I don't want to >> repeat that mistake again. > >Those are just php scripts and a sql database creation script. You do >not need to compile anything, etc. All it checks for is if you have >webserver, php, etc installed. Ok, in that case I might use it if I don't find a better "environment" for my needs. Thanks, Ralf -- L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
