Janos Dohanics:
> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up a server with Postfix and Cyrus with about 100 mailboxes
> and modest expected traffic, about 1,000-2,000 messages per day.
>
> The main.cf file offers the options:
>
> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
> mailbox_transport = cyrus
>
> Would you please explain the advantages/disadvantages of these choices?
That depends on what is in the cyrus transport definition. If this
executes one program per delivery, then it will be slower than using
LMTP. On the other hand, using LMTP requires that Cyrus provides
an LMTP server. There should be comments in master.cf with an
example of doing that.
Wietse
