Thanks Kashani. After I sent that, I was told elsewhere that courier-imap not only has pop3 and imap ssl, but also does smtp,
handles virtual domains, has it's own rudimentary webmail, and has
hooks for spam/av scanning. In other words, it does everything that
I'm currently using several programs to do.
So, let me revise my question: is anyone using courier for all their mail needs? Any problems with doing so? Any reasons why I should stick with qmail? My server handles a few dozen email users over about eight domains with moderate traffic.
It's my understanding that courier-imap does not include an mta. If you want Courier to handle everything you'll need to remove courier-imap and emerge courier as that's the full package. I've used courier itself as an MTA back in 2002, worked fine though the config was a bit scattered around.
I myself would recommend against putting all your email eggs in one basket. I like having Postfix and Courier-imap separate as I know at least half of mail will be working after an upgrade. :-) Also Postfix IMO is the more mature MTA, has better 3rd party support, and a ton of how-tos and documentation.
kashani
