Dovecot Director and Dovecot proxy

anon_user at openmailbox.org anon_user at openmailbox.org
Mon Dec 1 19:01:19 UTC 2014


On 2014-12-01 19:56, anon_user at openmailbox.org wrote:
>> Il 01/12/2014 17:11, rub zorghy ha scritto:
>> Why Dovecot Director server isn't used to perform this without Dovecot
>> proxy ? Thus, the load balancer (F5 Big-IP) can distribute requests 
>> based
>> on IMAP protocol to Dovecot Director cluster.
>> I think that the slide is just one example of a scenario ,very
>> complex. In real world,
>> unless you do not have to segment users (some users use Exchange,
>> others use Dovecot, but all user use imap.corporate.com, the proxy,
> for login) you don't need a Proxy in front of Director.
> 
> Load balancer is only for HA.
> 
> Ciao

Hello,

So, dovecot director can work without dovecot proxy ?

Thanks.


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