Lou Hevly wrote:
>
> At 21:50 15/03/01, Ken Jones wrote:
> >Revina wrote:
> >>
> >> I've installed vpopmail without mysql. just works fine.
> >> how many users to start using mysql?
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> --revina--
> >
> >When you reach about 5,000 users in a domain you will
> >start to notice it can take 60 seconds or more to add
> >a new user. This is the time it takes to build the
> >vpasswd.cdb file.
>
> How about performance? Like Revina, I'm using vpopmail without mysql and am only up
>to about 300 users. Performance from the users' point of view is great; if I send
>myself a message (I'm in Spain, the server is in the States) it's delivered back to
>me in 2-3 seconds. Would this time increase if I had 5000+ users on the system?
mail delivery time will not increase. What increases is the time it
takes to rebuild the vpasswd.cdb file when any modifications to it
are make. Such as adding/deleting users, changing user passwords.
Ken Jones
