Re: Why Cyrus?
Alvin Starr <[email protected]>
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On 01/17/2018 06:33 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: > Hi, > >> A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with >> Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. >> >> My question: What's better in Cyrus? > > I thought the plan was to answer that question on the website, but I > guess that hasn't happened yet – at least I couldn't find anything. > > I'd say it's the better choice for large-scale deployments with tens > and hundreds of thousands of users. Cyrus does not require creating users on the mail server which I have always believed is a big security plus. > >> I use Cyrus because Dovecot did not excist at the time I wanted to go >> away from Washington IMAP. > > I'm in the same boat. The same kind of thing for me because there was not much around in the late 90's in the way of IMAP servers. > >> An important reason to stay with Cyrus is >> this mailing list with good support, and because I know Cyrus. > > Right, but for a new deployment I would at least consider Dovecot. > I've never administrated a Dovecot server, but it is definitely much > easier to set up than Cyrus. I am not so sure about that now. I have been asked to provide support to a Rube Goldberg style of mail setup and trying to track the installation and configuration of dovecot in a multidomain, virtual-user setup was crazy. It seemed like there were dozens of config files spread over the file system. Dovecot is kind of like Postfix. Once upon a time it was a simple little application to solve a smallish application domain but as the requirements grew creeping features created an overly complex rats nest of config options and data sources. I believe Cyrus was designed to solve the mailstore problem at scale from the outset. > -- > Sebastian Hagedorn - Weyertal 121, Zimmer 2.02 > Regionales Rechenzentrum (RRZK) > Universität zu Köln / Cologne University - Tel. +49-221-470-89578 > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ > List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ > To Unsubscribe: > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus -- Alvin Starr || land: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 [email protected] || ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus