Perdition is allows users to connect to a content-free POP3 or IMAP4 server that will redirect them to their real POP3 or IMAP4 server. This enables mail retrieval for a domain to be split across multiple backend servers on a per user basis. This can also be used to as a POP3 or IMAP4 proxy especially in firewall applications.
Perdition supports arbitrary library based map access to determine the server for a user.
The use of perditon to scale mail services beyond a single box is discussed in a paper I wrote on high capacity email . Up from out of under there. Morris Bishop contributed by Kfish More Information Performance data . TODO , patches always welcome. Septemeber 2000 CBN , a large ISP in Jakarta, Indonesia is using perdition as part of a new email infastructure that went into production on the 2nd of September 2000.