PostFix + Cyrus On Seperate Machines

[djdrastic]

Hi guys , I am trying to config postfix to pass mail to another server running Cyrus . Unfortunately all the Readmes and guides seem to point to cyrus + postfix being hosted on the same server.


Any Help Greatly Appreciated
djdrastic

 

[n0cmonkey]

Out of curiosity, why are you splitting them up?

 

[djdrastic]

Noc I want the IMAP Server to be located closer to the clients . Currently , its hosted on the same server running postfix , but the network [WAN] is not coping with the mail traffic

 

[TonyRic]

djd, I don't believe this will help your traffic load any. If the problem is the WAN then this won't help. You will still be transmitting the same (possibly more) amount of traffic.

 

[Nothinman]

Hi guys , I am trying to config postfix to pass mail to another server running Cyrus . Unfortunately all the Readmes and guides seem to point to cyrus + postfix being hosted on the same server.

I don't think that you can, all of the postfix+Cyrus stuff that I've done used the local lmtp socket for delivery. Why not just put a copy of Postfix on the new Cyrus server too?

djd, I don't believe this will help your traffic load any. If the problem is the WAN then this won't help. You will still be transmitting the same (possibly more) amount of traffic.

Sure, but the client traffic will be local instead of going across the WAN.

 

[djdrastic]

Thanks Nothinman , I think I am going to put another box like you said with Postfix + Cyrus on the inside network .

To TonyRic , putting so many client requests through a wan is never a good idea , I get charged for wan usage and it's extremely hard for me to judge how much traffic clients are generating . The other HUUUGE problem with this is , is that I have some POP3 clients sending usr / passes in the clear . Connecting to a local server like Nothinman said would allow me to tunnel the connections and add some sort of compression on the WAN links.


I'll report any faults / findings in this forum