On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Jeroen Geilman <jer...@adaptr.nl> wrote: > On 11/08/2010 06:55 AM, ahmad riza h nst wrote: >> >> hello, >> >> currently i am new to postfix and at the moment i have a task to setup >> mail server with postfix, dovecot and webmin. >> > > Ugh. Don't attempt to manage the system with webmin until you have solid > expierence in configuring it by hand. > In other words, don't set it up.
Hi Jeroen, i am a linux admin with some experiences. we use webmin + virtualmin (with qmail + vpopmail) to act as control panel before and it's ok, for now we want to setup another server with postfix + dovecot. > >> this system would host hundreds of virtual domains, so thousands of >> virtual emails was expected. >> > > Okay. > >> postfix : 2.6.7 >> dovecot: 2.0.6 >> centos 5.x >> webmin >> >> since i don't have any experience in postfix then i hope somebody in >> this list would like to share their experiences regarding postfix and >> virtual domain with thousands unix user. >> > > > That doesn't make much sense. > Virtual users are differentiated by not having a Unix system account. > > You want to read http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html yes i read the manual before, it's said "Virtual aliasing solves one problem: it allows each domain to have its own info mail address. But there still is one drawback: each virtual address is aliased to a UNIX system account. As you add more virtual addresses you also add more UNIX system accounts. The next section eliminates this problem. " this what i want to understand about. how bad the system or the postfix it self if we use thousands of unix system account to host virtual users, or it just ok with it ? our hardware is hp dl180 g6 (a xeon quad core + raid 1 + 4G ram) >> >> or maybe any links would be good :) >> > > Here's some more: > > http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html > > http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html > > > -- > J. > > -- http://blog.rizahnst.org
