[lug] postfix mail preference

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 08:38:12PM -0700, bgiles at coyotesong.com wrote:
>> What do people prefer for database with postfix, and why?
>
>I believe the recommendation is neither.  Maintain your primary

vPostMaster uses Postgres for Dovecot and Postfix account information and
then it uses a Postfix external policy filter, that also uses the database
information to influence the anti-spam at SMTP time.

Yes, using a postfix map is lighter weight...

>(Aside: one of my pet peeves is the apache -> rdbms loggers.  Yes, I wrote
>one myself in my misspent youth.  But it's insane.  You should use a
>standard logger (to fifo?) and have a second process responsible for
>copying that data into the database.)

Agreed.

Sean
-- 
 His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
 underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <jafo at tummy.com>
tummy.com, ltd. - Linux Consulting since 1995: Ask me about High Availability