Murder + Sieve + multiple backends problem

[Duncan Gibb]

Wesley Craig wrote:

>> Note that the current implementation runs SIEVE on  
>> the backend servers, and holds the requirement that all of a user's  
>> mailboxes live on the same backend.

WC> While the code is written this way, in an environment where the
WC> backends are able to talk to each other, it wouldn't take a ton of
WC> work to remove this restriction.

Cross-store SIEVE is theoretically the sort of thing that ought to
favour the unified murder design over a conventional layered one...

[light the blue touchpaper and retreat to a safe distance]


But the answer to the original question is that this is known not to
work - and yes, that is both counter-intuitive for users and
inconvenient for administrators.  /* FIXME */



Duncan

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