[CentOS] clustered mail server?
Rudi Ahlers
Rudi at SoftDux.com
Sun May 18 05:17:50 UTC 2008
Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> Well, that's one of the problems I foresee, but also the fact that
>> each email has a unique message ID, so I don't know if the backup
>> server will pickup the changed messages ID's or not? I have been
>> thinking of running a MySQL backed mail server, but have a feeling it
>> will have a heavy impact on performance
>
> umm. message-ID's are added at mail origin time ( or the first time
> they come in contact with a non brain dead mta ).
>
> me thinks you need to read up a bit on what email is and how it works.
> the RFC's are a good place to start ( and mostly readable ).
>
I'm referring to the way qmail stores emails (if each email is a
different file). AFAIK, this is a known problem with clustered mails
servers.
--
Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux
Web: http://www.SoftDux.com
Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff
More information about the CentOS
mailing list