North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: pop server in an ISP environment
Dmitri Krioukov has declared that: > > > qpopper was written without even slightest thought about > performance issues. there is a lot of other pop3 daemons > written much more efficiently. (i don't any other that > would perform worse than qpopper). try cucipop, for > example. it was written by the same guy who wrote > procmail. the source code is unreadable in both cases. Sometimes it helps by running it through indent. Be sure to verify the reformatted src by trying a recompile, to make sure nothing gets broken by possible bugs in indent, etc. Version on FreeBSD seems to be ANSI-PANSY aware (unlike some earlier versions of indent that only worked for 'normal' code) :-) Pat M/HW > -- > dima. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > > Muljawan Hendrianto > > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:38 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: pop server in an ISP environment > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I would like to have your opinions regarding pop server set-up in > > an ISP environment, what would be the common software used, > > authentication type etc. > > > > I am thinking about using QPOPPER+procmail, but some people say > > that it is not scalable because its authentication is based on > > /etc/passwd. And in Unix environment there is certain > > recommendation not to have more than 5000 users in /etc/passwd file. > > > > Another issue is high availability, does any body use server > > clustering in an ISP environment? > > I am thinking about having a Sun Cluster for these pop servers, > > but will I need a special HA agent ? > > AFAIK, the qpopper daemon will be initiated by the users (via > > inetd) when they are accessing their mailbox. > > Hence a Sun cluster will not need a special agent because, if one > > of the servers crashed, the clustering software should > > manage to redirect any traffic to the second server, so that the > > users will connect transparently to that qpopper daemon in the > > second server. > > Does clustering in the real world can do the above scenario? > > > > What about LDAP for user's authentication ? Is it recommended to use ? > > > > Any suggestions/hints will be greatly appreciated. > > > > ps: the system should be able to accomodate about 20000 users. > > > > regards, > > Muljawan > > > > > > > -- #include <std.disclaimer.h> Pat Myrto (pat at rwing dot ORG) Seattle WA Help Prevent Brush Fires!!!!! Open a big strip mine....
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