Re: [EXIM] pop daemon

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Autor: iqbal
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To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [EXIM] pop daemon
Is that the qmail popper in its default state or in a hacked version,
also does it handle large (say 50000+) number of users, without an
appreciable speed difference

Thanks

Iqbal

Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
> Marc.Haber-lists@??? said:
> } I have heard that the qmail popper can do the same thing. You'd have
> } to slice the qmail popper out of the qmail package (which does not
> } seem too easy to do) and to have exim deliver into a mailq (which I
> } believe it can do).
>
> You mean a maildir - yes this can easily be done. We use that for our
> mail systems. Qmail's popper is attractive since the authentication is
> abstracted out into a neat small program which does just that and nothing
> else.
>
> } ON a second thought, the mailq concept starts to intrigue me more and
> } more - the "no locks" argument is a strong one.
>
> Maildir is great for simple mail operations. However getting an IMAP
> daemon to work on it is more "interesting".
>
> Another serious contender for sealed box mail systems is the Cyrus IMAP
> daemon.
>
>         Nigel.
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