> >> I have a client I've been trying to talk into switching from courier > >> to dovecot, but the owner of the company wants me to set up two > >> different accounts in Thunderbird (I finally got him switched to that > >> from outlook express), one accessing his account through courier, and > >> one through dovecot, so he can compare the speed... > >> > >> Is this even possible? I've never tried it before, so before I spend a > >> lot of time, I want to know if I'd be wasting it (my time)... > > > Yes, it's possible. You just have to set the 2 servers up on separate > > ports and make sure the correct ports are set in Thunderbird. I'm not > > sure what would happen with dovecot's index files but most likely if > > courier does something goofy they will just get rebuilt. > > Have you actually done it? > > I have Dovecot set up on port 10993, but before I actually fire it up, I > want to make sure it isn't going to hose anything. I will backup the > maildirs in question before I do bring dovecot up, of course, but still > wouldn't want to do anything that might mess anything up. > > The index files are my main concern.
Courier will ignore them. So they may be out of sync if you move a lot of messages around with Courier, but Dovecot will update them. > > I guess the safest thing to do is to tell postfix to queue his mail so > nothing gets delivered while he's messing around, then let him play - > see how fast folders load, etc (he's got some pretty big ones, 30,000 > messages or more)... The safest thing to do, of course, is to back up. > > Thanks - I'll wait and see if anyone else chimes in - I like to get more > than one opinion, and to hear from at least one person who has actually > done what I'm about to do, when trying something like this (that I've > never done before)... > I've done similar, my mailstore is on nfs, and had completely different servers both accessing it. And yes, Dovecot was much much faster. -- Kenny Dail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
