> > 1) Users are created using /etc/passwd, No Mysql or LDAP at present. > No problem with this. You can use sasldb2 to store the password, or > use pam to authenticate. But normaly there is no need to create an > account for each IMAP server. > You need to reate a mailbox for the user. > You may whant to use the autocreate patch. > http://email.uoa.gr/projects/cyrus/autocreate/ This patch is included in Simon's *awesome* Cyrus RPMs for CentOS. <http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/cyrus-imapd/> These packages are *HIGHLY* recommended; they include all the 'cool' features and extra patches. > > 3) Quota exceeded users mails should be stored somewhere other than > > their inbox, on request from the user should be delivered to them by > > increasing their quota for time being. > Depending on the lmtp_over_quota_perm_failure option in imapd.conf > and maximal_queue_lifetime these mails will stay in the mailqueue of > your postfix. Postfix will retry to deliver these mails till the end > of maximal_queue_lifetime. Ditto. > > 5) Backup option of user mailbox should be available. > Yes you can Backup cyrus mailboxes ;-) > Any file base backup-tool should work, depending on the size of > you mailsystem and the usagepatterns of your users the backupsystem > has to handle many small files. I would recommand cyrus replication for > and delayed expung mode in addition to normal backup. > Delayed expung will ensure that you will backup the mails which are > deleted by the user befor the backup is run. > And cyrus replication will give you a fast disaster recovery +1 on delayed expunge mode. Once you have it you will never be able to live without it. I cover delayed-expunge pretty extensively in the Cyrus chapter of WMOGAG, including example on unexpunging messages. <http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view> > If you have more questions aks them and we will try to answer them. Ditto. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
