A few newbie questions..

Yes there is a tool(script) that came with the dbmail that
you can use
(mailboxtodbmail) for some reasons this tool(script) doesn't
work well for
very big email files (XGB). I have another command you can
so I will send
it to you later. Try with mailboxtodbmail right now.

regards,

Humberto



> one more thing. can I convert my file-based email
system to dbmail. Is
> there
> any howto to do this? My system is :
>
> 1. IMAP - uw-imap
> 2. smtp - postfix
> 3. OS - linux
> 4. front-end : squirrelmail
>
> thanks.
>
> On 12/3/05, zamri <myzamrigmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the answer Paul. I'm glad it satisfies
all of my minimum
>> requirements for me to setup one.
>>
>> cheers,
>> ~ zamri
>>
>> On 12/3/05, Paul J Stevens <paulnfg.nl> wrote:
>> >
>> > zamri wrote:
>> > > hi all,
>> > >
>> > > I'm new to dbmail and started to go
deeper into implementing it. I
>> > > realized there's a wiki on dbmail's site
but I just still want to
>> ask
>> > > you guys to convince me the right answers
to these questions.
>> > >
>> > > 1. Does dbmail support per-user and
per-group quota?
>> >
>> > It does support per-user quota, but not
per-group. There are plans to
>> > fully
>> > support QUOTA capabilities (per-folder).
>> >
>> > > 2. Does dbmail support for spam and
antivirus scanner?
>> >
>> > Use amavis, or dspam, or whatever. It's an MTA
issue.
>> >
>> > > 3. Can dbmail be read by standard client
like Outlook, Thunderbird
>> and
>> > > others?
>> >
>> > Yes, yes, and yes.
>> >
>> > > 4. How do I backup dbmails and transfer
it to another machine?
>> >
>> > Dbmail-2.1 has a simple export tool. For 2.0
(advisable for newbies)
>> you
>> > will
>> > have to use imapsync or something similar, or
use your imap client.
>> >
>> > > 5. Is it any limitation on for dbmail by
using BLOB in MySQL?
>> >
>> > None that I know of. But there may be issues
with charset encodings
>> and
>> > collation as people start running mysql-5.
Dbmail-2.0 pretty much
>> > assumes a
>> > us-ascii world, and though dbmail-2.1 does use
utf-8 internally
>> (gmime)
>> > there
>> > will no doubt be issues with real utf-8
messages in terms of string
>> > handling.
>> >
>> > > 6. What db are u recommend between MySQL
and PostgreSQL in terms of
>> > > performance and features?
>> >
>> > Both work very well with dbmail. Your
requirements, experiences and
>> > preferences
>> > should guide you.
>> >
>> > > 7. Does it support the use of procmail?
>> >
>> > You can use procmail as your local delivery
agent, and use procmail to
>> > insert
>> > messages into dbmail using dbmail-smtp. If
you're accustomed to
>> uw-imapd
>> > and
>> > server-side sorting with procmail, that's your
starting point.
>> >
>> > > 8. Is there any web-based interface
suitable for dbmail like
>> > OpenWebMail
>> > > and SquirrelMail?
>> >
>> > I don't know about openwebmail. But I know
that opengroupware.org,
>> > squirrelmail,
>> > ilohamail all work just fine. Please note
however that not all webmail
>> > clients
>> > actually handle dbmail's NAMESPACE/ACL (read
shared mailboxes) support
>> > very well.
>> >
>> > Also, I have plans myself to develop a generic
webmail-imap client as
>> a
>> > zope3
>> > component with ajax (using mochikit) that will
be specifically geared
>> to
>> > dbmail-2.2's strength (server-side filters
with sieve, server-side
>> > sorting and
>> > threading, header caching). But that won't
happen until 2.2 is gold.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >  
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