Thanks greatly for the very detailed instructions Bill, I will see how I go... I hope that I can get simscan working with dspam because I would like virus scanning...
Before I do I just thought it might be worth asking if there was a disadvantage to doing things this way (having messages stored in sql database instead of on disk)? I was interested in an sql backend because I thought that way the number of users would scale better and I was really worried about doing something to the filesystem that would corrupt/lose messages for potentially many users (I use a few CGI scripts to make administration easier). Are there drawbacks to doing things this way, other than the obvious increase in complexity and overhead ? David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Shupp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <toaster@shupp.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: Re: [toaster] Latest toaster > David wrote: > > >- how can I configure the toaster with vpopmail mysql backend for users > >(just the users, keeping the preferences - .qmail files etc - as normal) > >I am aware of the tools to convert from flat-file to mysql and vice-versa, > >but I have thus far failed in converting a .6 toaster install to use > >mysql... > > > > > > > - compile new vpopmail source with "--enable-auth-module=mysql", but do > NOT install it. > - setup mysql database per README.mysql, and then > ~vpopmail/etc/vpopmail.mysql with the connection info > - from the new source directory, run "./vconvert -c -m", and it will add > all your information to the new vpopmail tables > - test the new database with "./vuserinfo [EMAIL PROTECTED]" to make sure > it works. > - make install > - when you recompile the new versions of linked programs like > qmailadmin, courier-imap and qmail-smtpd, they will start using the > mysql database. > > >- the default simscan config in the toaster is to use spam filtering - can I > >use this with dspam (which I have working with a .6 toaster) without > >conflicts/problems ? > > > > > > > I've never setup dspam, but I'm not sure simscan supports it (if it > needs an smtp harness). > > >- If I re-install from toaster .6, is there anything special I have to do to > >keep my ~vpopmail/domains folder and make it work with .7 ? > > > > > > > No. > > >I appologise if the last question has been asked before, I haven't searched > >*that much* for the answer yet... mainly interested in the first two. > > > >Thanks everyone for your time and for a great setup Bill. > > > > > > You're welcome. > > Regards, > > Bill >
