Berkeley DB

[Jose Gracia Neto - CAT]

Hi,

I installed and configure IMP here, and it is running OK, but I still didn't 
figure out the following:

I used some instructions I found about how to install Apache+OpenSSL+MySQL+PHP 
so I could use some "shortcut" instructions on how to set these programs 
together. During PHP installation, it says to compile it with auth_db and 
auth_dbm, which use BerkeleyDB.

My question is: Is BerkeleyDB really necessary for IMP? If so, what does it do 
for IMP or PHP?

Thanks,

Jose