[erlang-questions] Store for e-mail messages

Jesper Louis Andersen jesper.louis.andersen@REDACTED
Mon Dec 20 18:58:38 CET 2010


On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 16:57, shk <kuleshovmail@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need advice.
>
> I'm going to create smtp/pop3 mail server in erlang and i want to ask
> question: What store the best for e-mail messages text( + maybe attachment):
> database, files or something else?
>

Don't dwell too much on that. Build a fast, easy storage first, but
keep in mind it will be replaced later if it proves to be too
ugly/slow/incorrect. There are other things in your project which are
far more important getting right first. In the long run, you should
spy on what postfix does :)


-- 
J.


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