>Hi, > >I am currently in the process of setting up an IMAP repository for round 100 >users.... > >Currently the user authentication method is being handled via a Windows Domain >Controller. > >The host OS for Dovecot will either be FreeBSD or CentOS. > > >Would Dovecot be able to authenticate to either the DC directly or would we >need to go through LDAP?? > > >Additionally what would be the best method to store the **mail** information? - as in MySQL database or Maildir format; coinciding with this what is the best backup method in order to be able to do 'dump' backups or restore single emails?? > > >Can anyone give me a hand with this? > > >Regards, > > >Kaya
Hi Kaya, I can't force you to follow a specific path. All I can do, is tell you my experience on this. Using Dovecot for IMAP, XMail for POP3/SMTP, Horde for Webmail, OpenLDAP for LDAP (no windows software there) and CentOS v5.5 32-bit onwards. User base is about 30 users. System uptime without a glitch reached at some point (had to reboot the server for maintenance reasons) about 200 days. I am sure it would go beyond 365 days. Hope this helps, spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
