Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:01:32AM +0800, Feizhou wrote:
Now, why would you want that ? I can think of no reason why one would want to use exim + vpopmail.
vpopmail has great user management tools? vpopmail is supported by other mail related software such as dovecot and spamassassin. vpopmail supports mysql tables which lends itself to integration with other software that are mysql capable.
Why would one NOT want to use (favourite mta) + vpopmail?
You do know that exim can talk directly with MySQL, right ? And since you can specify the SQL Queries, the database can have any format, thus integrating with everything else ?
So does postfix. You are missing the point. vpopmail comes with all the tools necessary. With postfix or exim, one would have to build their own.
I even have exim sharing the same table with radius (and currier-imap) on one of my sites.
Ah, so you have courier-auth library too.
Having exim talking directly with spamassassin is also very good and easy, and speed things up quite a bit.
Sure. spamassassin milter + postfix milter :P
Using things like maildrop, vpopmail, amavis etc with exim is just a good way to slow things down. The direct connection between exim and everything else (spamassassin, antivirus etc) allows you to reject mails during delivery, without the need to accept it before passing to another agent.
??? postfix -> maildrop -> home dir/Maildir
Nothing in my system goes through vpopmail. vpopmail only creates the Maildirs and maintains the mysql tables.