On Wed 2001-04-04 (10:41), Eugene van Zyl wrote: > Hi, > > Any recommendations for a IMAP server (on Debian 2.2)? IMAP4.7c (I > think this is UW IMAP?) seems to intergrates relatively painless and > support most IMAP features (although I couldn't find anything on > shared folders), courier-imap seems technically better(?) but > confusing to set up especially making use of extended features like > its altered maildir standard for shared folders, I can't seem to > figure out what else this might break when using this? Also it's not > very clear with courier where exactly the mail folders are going to be > stored, /var/spool/mail or $HOME/? UW-IMAP indicates that folders are > stored in $HOME/ and it automatically picks up mail from > /var/spool/mail as well as $HOME/mbox, this doesn't indicate whether > these mail are then transported to an imap folder or left there (btw > this is makes me lean toward it for easier integration).
UW IMAP has had a bad security run. It doesn't have much in the way of flexibility; it requires you to change the way you run things. > Then there's cyrus(cyris ?) imap as well. Couldn't really make much > from its docs though. Cyrus is the better mature IMAP server. > If someone that's running an imap server could give me some advice on > what/how to install and set up partitions for storage, and in general > which package gives the least headaces configuring. I also need to > supply webmail access so would welcome any recommendations. I'd recommand Courier-IMAP; it's almost free (GPL), it's fast, and it's modular and flexible. It can integrate into almost any situation, and can do IP-based virtual hosting, or username-based virtual hosting, and lots more. It's also designed in such a way that security problems are less likely - on one setup, only the port connector (tcpserver from ucspi-tcp) ran as root. It interacts with at least phpgroupware (a nice product, actually - cd /usr/ports/*/phpgroupware && make install, and access from http://localhost/phpgroupware/ on your nearest FreeBSD machine), and also has it's own direct-access webmail client, sqwebmail, which shares authentication and such modules with courier-imap. They're both part of the Courier Mail System. > Also, is running POP3 and IMAP simultaneously possible/a big no-no? > What caveats/issues are there? I think all have POP3 connectors - Courier-IMAP definitely does. It also supports STARTTLS and IMAPS and POP3S service. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner [EMAIL PROTECTED]