Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 2/25/22 12:51, Chris Bennett wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 08:48:11PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I liked Maildir at the time and still do.  Only a 1,000+ emails a day.  My wife keeps a lot (10K messages) on the server, I keep all of my various boxes on the server small.  So do my oth

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-25 Thread Chris Bennett
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 08:48:11PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > I liked Maildir at the time and still do.  Only a 1,000+ emails a day.  My > wife keeps a lot (10K messages) on the server, I keep all of my various > boxes on the server small.  So do my other users. > > > Personally, I wou

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-24 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 2/22/2022 9:12 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: What I am seeing is that many of the packages seem to roll the messages into some SQL database.  My Dovecot setup uses the /home/vmail/doman/../{cur,new,etc} tree structure. I use dovecot and postfix in conjunction with a postfixadmin database in

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
kef> *From:* dovecot on behalf of Robert Moskowitz *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:48:11 AM *To:* dovecot@dovecot.org *Subject:* Re: email location - files or sql On 2/23/22 19:12, Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Robert Moskowitz: >

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-23 Thread Lucas Rolff
:11 AM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: email location - files or sql On 2/23/22 19:12, Ralph Seichter wrote: > * Robert Moskowitz: > >> What I am seeing is that many of the packages seem to roll the >> messages into some SQL database. > Do they? Packages like iRedMa

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 2/23/22 19:12, Ralph Seichter wrote: * Robert Moskowitz: What I am seeing is that many of the packages seem to roll the messages into some SQL database. Do they? Packages like iRedMail list email stored in the database of your choice.  Of course this is just their web blurb, and I hav

Re: email location - files or sql

2022-02-23 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Robert Moskowitz: > What I am seeing is that many of the packages seem to roll the > messages into some SQL database. Do they? > My Dovecot setup uses the /home/vmail/doman/../{cur,new,etc} tree > structure. That's the classic Maildir format. Widely supported, works fine if file system nodes

email location - files or sql

2022-02-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have been running a Dovecot based mail server for over 10 years and it is time (really past) to upgrade. I really don't want to roll my own anymore.  Too much time and too many skills needed.  Time to retire.  But still want it 'in-house'. What I am seeing is that many of the packages seem