On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 12:27 +0100, Guy wrote: > Should I install Dovecot on the software load balancers (IMAP/POP3 and other > services balanced by haproxy) and configure the director on there?
You need two or more Dovecot proxy-directors somewhere. I don't know if you should put them to software load balancers. > I'm also using maildrop at the moment but would like to switch to Dovecot > deliver at some stage. Since mail is delivered to a random mail server (they > both have access to the NFS shares), won't I run into the same index > problem? Should I look at per user transports before then or can director > also be used to effect Dovecot deliver? You should use LMTP, which can also be proxied via director.