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2002-08-02 Thread Chris Wagner
I think I hear the need for a mySQL enabled mailbox system/mail reader. ;-) At 01:27 AM 8/3/02 +0100, Phillip Baker wrote: >Yes, but having a long wait when opening your folder a couple of times a >year >because you've been away on vacation is another thing entirely to willingly >subjecting yours

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
Nate wrote: > I'm not trying to change your mind on anything, but I think there's > something you're overlooking - vacations. I was out of town last week, > and my "systems" folder is the list where my SysAdmin team gets email. > It receives anywhere from 500 to over 1000 email messages a day. In o

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Nate Campi
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 11:17:42PM +0100, Phillip Baker wrote: > Some would say, the solution would be to delete messages instead of hoarding > all your mailing list email which is more than likely archived automatically > by the list manager anyway (one would hope - I haven't actually checked, but

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Phillip Baker wrote: > Some would say, the solution would be to delete messages instead of hoarding > all your mailing list email which is more than likely archived automatically > by the list manager anyway (one would hope - I haven't actually checked, but > I'm sure theres g

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
Some would say, the solution would be to delete messages instead of hoarding all your mailing list email which is more than likely archived automatically by the list manager anyway (one would hope - I haven't actually checked, but I'm sure theres got to be an archive of the debian lists somewhere).

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Fri, 02 Aug 2002, Nate Campi wrote: > On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:53:32AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > > Please realize that it's not enough to stat them. Your MUA needs to open > > all of them to read the mail headers: > > True, not the best proof, but opening that mail folder on ext3

Re: /root/ drwxr-xr-x?

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
> I think youre looking for DIR_MODE= in /etc/adduser.conf Yes, but my point was that Debian now /asks/ about it on install. It used to assume 755 by default previously. Regards, Phillip Baker LC Host Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights

2002-08-02 Thread Phillip Baker
Hi Shri, > What is the performance hit for this (if any) ? and how much of a PITA > is it ? Also, do you have any links ? I've never used suexec, are there > any limits on the number of users or such ? I must admit I never did a performance comparison, but from a completely objective point of vie

Re: /root/ drwxr-xr-x?

2002-08-02 Thread Richard
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Phillip Baker wrote: Phillip, > If it's not a security risk, and will 'never be changed', why does debian > now allow you the option of setting the home directories (when created) to > be user readable only now, instead of setting 755 like it used to? I think youre looking fo

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Adam Lazur
Nate Campi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > True, not the best proof, but opening that mail folder on ext3 takes > only a second or two with mutt, and opening it on reiserfs with mutt > takes 30 seconds or more. ext3/maildir is a fast and reliable mail > folder combo It appears you're not the only one

Re: General Apache-Question

2002-08-02 Thread Tomasz Papszun
On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 at 19:59:48 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 14:46 01/08/02 +0200 hat Jones Down geschrieben: [...] > >In other words, it´s redundant to have installed packages "apache" AND > >"apache-ssl"? > > NO, you can have only apache OR apache-SSL Do you mean that you can NOT have _b

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Nate Campi
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:53:32AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > Please realize that it's not enough to stat them. Your MUA needs to open > all of them to read the mail headers: True, not the best proof, but opening that mail folder on ext3 takes only a second or two with mutt, and opening it

Re: mail-config?

2002-08-02 Thread Georg Lehner
Hello! El jue, 01-08-2002 a las 22:44, Donovan Baarda escribió: ... > courier-ssl, courier-base, courier-authdaemon. If you follow all the > dependancies, courier-imap-ssl includes all the dependancies of uw-imapd > except libc-client-ssl2001, which is 913kB... ... > However, I still feel a litt

Re: General Apache-Question

2002-08-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 14:46 01/08/02 +0200 hat Jones Down geschrieben: > > >HI, >So if I want an ssl apache it´s ok to have package apache and >libapache-mod-ssl, right? YES >In other words, it´s redundant to have installed packages "apache" AND >"apache-ssl"? NO, you can have only apache OR apa

Performance Problems in secure network and Reconstruction required

2002-08-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Debianer, I run a Class C network and I have reserver 16 IP's for a secure network I had in the network following: x.x.x.96 NW x.x.x.97 GW to Router x.x.x.98omega shttp apache x.x.x.99omega-dbpostgreSQL 2x7x36GB (RAID-1)

Re: Apache/PHP/FTP and user rights

2002-08-02 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 18:38, Phillip Baker wrote: > (oops, sent it directly to nicolas instead of the list - resent to the list > for other people's benefit) > > I resigned myself to using cgi-php, mainly because I didn't want users > scripts running as the webserver (somewhat of a security risk a

Re: potato: upgrading php4- Can it be done?

2002-08-02 Thread Toby Thain
On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 11:50 PM, Wim Fournier wrote: Hi list, Will someone *please* explain how I can get a more recent version of php4 & modules than this on my Debian 2.2-based server: try: edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and set up a repos called deb-source using woody. do a apt-get up

Re: Proftpd+SSL/TLS!!!

2002-08-02 Thread Tomasz Papszun
On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 at 17:43:43 +1200, Dave Watkins wrote: > > Sorry if this has been said. I haven't been following the thread, but why > not setup stunnel and run proftpd through that? I've done it here for mail > and it works great (even with qmail and daemontools), so I see no reason > why

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:19, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Jeff, > > please share the cons/pros with us > > The following document provides a good analysis of why Maildir was more > appropriate to Courier IMAP's general audience and tasks (the SELECT.1 > benchmarks are telling): > > http://www.cou

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 01 Aug 2002, Nate Campi wrote: > On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 03:53:24PM +1200, John Morton wrote: > > > > Maildir performance and scalability is dependant on the filesystem. If the > > filesystem your maildirs live on store small files efficiently, and can > > list > > and access files in

Re: Maildirs in Debian

2002-08-02 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Jeff, > please share the cons/pros with us The following document provides a good analysis of why Maildir was more appropriate to Courier IMAP's general audience and tasks (the SELECT.1 benchmarks are telling): http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ To me, the differences can be

Re: Newbie: Is there a basic Debian-for-ISP HOWTO?

2002-08-02 Thread Nathan
On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 04:23 PM, Marcin Sochacki wrote: IMO, exim and postfix are comparable and there's no huge difference which favours one of them. I use exim in all my installations, they are usually small to medium size, but even with big ones, I would consider exim as a good MTA. A l

Re: Proftpd+SSL/TLS!!!

2002-08-02 Thread Dave Watkins
Hi, Sorry if this has been said. I haven't been following the thread, but why not setup stunnel and run proftpd through that? I've done it here for mail and it works great (even with qmail and daemontools), so I see no reason why you couldn't do the same for FTP Dave At 14:32 1/08/2002 +0200, J