The wiki was indeed great! Thanks Kent for the advice on dovecot. The change-over was painless and quick!
Scott On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Kent Busbee <kbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seemed to work right out of the box. Though I did change > squirrelmail to dovecot settings. Goto > [r...@mail config]# cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/ > [r...@mail config]# ./conf.pl > D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers > type dovecot > > That worked for me. > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Scott Hughes <sonicscott9...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Phil / Kent (or anyone else with knowledge of the subject!): > > > > Quick question about the Dovecot change-over... > > > > If I use the wiki article to change to Dovecot, what, if any, changes > will > > need to be made to Squirrelmail ? > > > > Scott > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Phil Leinhauser <p...@teqknow.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Isn't it nice! > >> QTP-Backup won't be affected. If you are concerned with moving to new > >> hardware, the same procedures should be followed ie: > >> - build your new machine > >> - install QMT > >> - install Dovecot using the same procedure you followed just now > >> - copy in the backup file and do qtp-restore > >> Dovecot doesn't mess with anything that is outside of the folders backed > >> up. The mail stays in the same place QMT uses it from. It just added a > few > >> control files. They will be backed up too. If you want to see what is > >> backed up look in the file /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/bin/qtp-backup. It's > >> prett simple to follow and even add things you might want like if you > use > >> any other webmail like nuts. Just don't forget that you'll need to > modify > >> the qtp-restore as well. > >> > >> If you followed the wiki article for installing Dovecot then newmodel > >> won't break anything. You may need to rename the imap4 control files if > >> something in newmodel put them back. The way Dovecot is installed, it's > >> kind of 'next' to Courier not overtop of it. Newmodel may want to apply > >> patches or updates to Courier because we only turned it off, not removed > >> it.. Let it if you want. No harm, it's turned off anyhow. > >> > >> BTW: did you follow the wiki instructions? If so, you're the first I've > >> heard of since they were written. Did you find anything that needs > clearing > >> up or fixing in the article? > >> > >> Phil > >> > >> > >> > >> > I've upgraded to dovecot and am highly impressed. Courier is > >> > unacceptably > >> > slow, REALLY. > >> > > >> > Now, I need to know how QT 1.0 is affected by dovecot. > >> > > >> > How is qtp-backup affected? > >> > > >> > How is qtp-newmodel affected? > >> > > >> > Are there any other qtp's affected? > >> > > >> > Kent Busbee > >> > Director of Technology > >> > Northlake Christian School > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > >> > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > >> > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > >> > installations. > >> > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > >> > packages. > >> > > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> > qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: > >> > qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group ( > www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > >
