On Sun, 20 May 2012 06:35:46 -0500 Stan Hoeppner articulated: >On 5/20/2012 6:19 AM, Jerry wrote: >> I have a friend who is preparing to set up a small Postfix/Dovecot >> mail system. There are only approximately 25 users. He wants to use >> Berkeley DB in a similar fashion to the way Postfix does. I told him >> I do not believe Dovecot supports that. I could not find any >> documentation relating to it. >> >> 1) Does Dovecot support Berkeley DB? > >No: http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase
I have all ready read that. >> 2) Are their any plans to incorporate that feature into Dovecot? It > >[Timo answers here] Are you ordering Timo to answer or giving him the option? In any case, I am sure he will appreciate you leaving him space to enter his comments. >> seems like it could potentially be a very useful feature. I have used >> it myself when a full blown MySQL configuration seemed like over-kill >> on other small projects. > >SQLite is the appropriate solution for this scenario. Requires loading another application when it is not necessary. Most scenarios I have come across have Berkeley DB all ready installed. In fact, it is an extremely useful tool for checking that things work as expected under Postfix prior to migrating to a full blown SQL database. By the way, I was informed that MySQL is installed on the system in question; however, my friend was advised against using it at the present time. Details NOT available. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
