On Mon, 3 May 2004, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2004, Mike's List wrote: > >Ok, so I finally made the switch to Debian (from Solaris x86) > >and all the softwares/packages that Debian support. However, > >I still prefer courier-imap and courier-authdaemon installation > >via OpenPKG over dpkg or apt-get. > > > >Could someone please create a .src.rpm for courier-imap and the > >authdaemon, I'm aware there's Cyrus, but some of us prefer Courier > >to Cyrus. Choice is good, no? One point being, Courier imap > >doesn't have the problem with nfs locking that Cyrus does (Cyrus > >does not recommend running nfs with their imap server). > > I have a fairly crufty package that we're using, and is available > for download from our anon-ftp site, ftp.celestial.com: > > /private/ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/SRC/courier-imap-1.5.3-20040429.src.rpm Cool, got it, thanks. Why not upload courier build to ftp.openpkg.org? I think the UPD directory is for others to contribute package/build?
> Be warned that the courier-imap.spec file will probably drive speclint > nuts. > > As soon as my shipment of round tuits arrives I will clean this, and update > to the current courier-imap sources. Ok, I will keep an eye out for the newer courier*.src.rpm. > BTW: I much prefer the Courier Maildir to Cyrus' method. It's far easier > to maintain as one can use standard *nix tools without worrying about > dealing with the proprietary Cyrus database. I heard sometime Cyrus' own dbase would corrupt, or the user's quota would disappear and this is on a stable version release. Cyrus would break on average of once a week or such but it does have some nice features for scalability (though not via NFS). Regards, - Mike ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
