Author: W B Hacker Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] non-address header syntax checking
Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 08:40 +0800, W B Hacker wrote:
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>>Haven't seen the need to use Cyrus *at all* in recent years.
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> how many users do you have?
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>>Exim+Dovecot with TLS-only auth, 8-bit safe, UTF-8 virtual/all user DB driven,
>>and we have Asian and Eastern European correspondents covered with near-zero effort.
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> Cyrus is 8-bit safe, it just won't accept messages which aren't correct
> according to RFCs.
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>>Where is the remaining advantage? - or does Cyrus even still have any that
>>justify the extra work?
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> it's way more scalable than Dovecot. I'd say the break-even point is at
> about 10k users.
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We do primarily SME 'corporate' services, (and R&D) so are *way* below that on
any one server.
Enough so as to be able to afford near-real-time checking - essentially 24x7
continuous login, and no POP. IMAP-only with local sync, full archiving, etc.
But, from curiosity, where do you ID scalability barriers in Dovecot vs Cyrus -
aside from Cyrus obvious longevity/experience advantage?
