[CentOS] Do I need large Cyrus DB files?

William L. Maltby BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com
Fri May 26 15:09:34 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 11:02 -0400, Matt Hyclak wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:55:50AM -0400, William L. Maltby enlightened us:
> > > On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 09:08 -0400, Steve Snyder wrote:
> > > > <snip>

> > Well, moved the directory, repooted and both evolution and thunderbird

Didn't really "repoot". Have yet to "poot" the first time this
A.M.  ;-))

> > continue to work in and out. But, I *don't* use imap, only pop-3. I have
> > sendmail disabled. My server incoming is ISP's pop server and outbount
> > is my ISP's SMTP server.
> > 
> 
> Cyrus is used to *serve* POP3/IMAP from your machine. If you aren't checking
> mail that is delivered to your box, you're not using it and can most likely
> get rid of it.
> 
> If you're running a mail server, then it's usually useful to get the mail
> back off, in which case you could use Cyrus, Dovecot, or any number of other
> POP3/IMAP servers.
> 
> Hope that clarifies...

Yes thir! In my prev LFS incarnation I ran my MX in-house. Will end up
there someday with this CentOS stuff, but so much to learn and do first.

Thanks for the clarification and taking the time.

Hope you have a bit of time off this weekend.

> 
> Matt
> 

-- 
Bill
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