dovecot - Nov 2005 - Can Dovecot work with an RDBMS for mail/attachment storage?

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 16:11 -0600, Michael Segel wrote:
> This may seem off the wall, but can dovecot be configured to support a 
> connection to a database server and use the database server to store the 
> e-mail message and its attachments?
No.
> While you can use Postgres and MySQL for storing and authenticating users, 
> there is a possibility to use an RDBMs to control the mail itself.
> 
> Thoughts?
Use dbmail or implement a storage plugin. But first read the discussions
on this list about a new storage format.

johannes
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This may seem off the wall, but can dovecot be configured to support a 
connection to a database server and use the database server to store the 
e-mail message and its attachments?

While you can use Postgres and MySQL for storing and authenticating users, 
there is a possibility to use an RDBMs to control the mail itself.

Thoughts?
-- 
Michael Segel
Principal 
MSCC