Thanks I have refered to split only postfix functions,but for it ,is need create coherent users system. For example if I create one user in gmail system,this user physical is stored only one central machine then is accesed through diverse distribute mechanism (same DNS),or is replicate in all machine? ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Cole To: postfix-users@postfix.org Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 16:00 Subject: Re: Distributed Postfix
On 26 Mar 2013, at 6:51, Gaby L wrote: > Hi > My teoretic question is how configure multiple (distributed) postfix > mail servers for one domain,which can load balance tasks? (e.g > gmail),but all servers same (unique) users list,alias,rules for one > domain? As Dr. Venema's answer implies, splitting up functions (especially non-Postfix functions) between different sets of machines is the first step, as it is easier to distribute limited subsets of work across many machines than to replicate everything on every box and keep them all coherent. A corollary of this is that you need to start by understanding what your "Postfix mail server" actually is doing. Inbound, outbound, and internal mail can be split apart between distinct Postfix configurations, while access to delivered mail (i.e. IMAP, POP, or webmail) is a non-Postfix function that is inherently the most difficult part of a "mail server" to distribute across many nodes. Because large-scale "mail servers" aren't all "large" in the same way, how one should split up and replicate functionality between machines is dependent on the details of what the whole system is doing.
