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Ben Benson wrote:
> I have uninstalled and re-installed courier so many times and got so
> confused that now I'm completely stuck.  All I want is the MTA, and POP
> server, and I guess the IMAP server would be useful too.  Not many mailboxes
> so no need for a MySQL backend, although it would be nice if easy enough.

Can you tell us where the install is failing?  How far do you get and
what doesn't work.  Are you using the Ubuntu packages to install or
compiling it yourself from the tar balls?

Just to be sure, did you also install the courier-authdaemon and
courier-authlib packages?  You need those two as well as a backend
method if you want to have virtual users (mail users who are not system
users), like courier-authlib-userdb, or courier-authlib-mysql.  If you
don't have those installed, then you're not going to be able to add any
users.

Tell us how far you got and what's gone wrong, and we'll try to get you
up and running.

> Can someone PLEASE tell me how to completely remove any trace of courier and
> all other mail related programs from my Ubuntu Server, and then point me in
> the direction of a GOOD guide.  I'm becoming so frustrated, i'm even
> thinking a dodgy exchange server would have been easier!

:-)  Courier does get a lot easier to install after you've done it
correctly a few times.  But it can be daunting at first.  Just keep
reminding yourself that once it's going, it never quits.

How to completely remove it depends on how you installed it.  I'm
assuming that you used the Ubuntu packages.  So then all you need to do
is run:

dpkg --list | grep courier

and then run:

apt-get --purge remove <package1> <package2> ...
or
dpkg --purge <package1> <package2> ...

using the package names that the first command showed you.  You'll also
want to run 'dpkg --purge sqwebmail' if you installed Sqwebmail, the
courier web mail component.  (Since it's doesn't have 'courier' in its
name, it won't show up in the --list).

HTH. Tell us where you're stuck, and we'll try and get you unstuck.

Jeff Jansen
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