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From: dreamwvr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, June 25, 1998 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: POP3 server config page?
>Hi Sean,
> You had mentioned that IMAP is better than POP3 but i am not certain
>how to configure it:'( do you simply add it to /etc/services and have it
>listen for
>requests for mail.
Pretty much. You'd probably want to run it from inetd. Whichever imapd you
choose will have specific configuration instructions. They're usually very
complete instructions.
> From what i understand it does the delivery rather than
>sendmail.
sendmail uses a local delivery agent to deliver mail to the proper
mailboxes. imapd doesn't get involved in this process at all.
BTW, IMAP is "better" than POP3 in some senses, but there're two fairly
crucial senses in which it isn't:
1) IMAP provides more access to your machine. It is therefore more
sensitive to, and subject to, security problems. In fact, there has been a
fairly recent rash of IMAP-related security problems. So keep up with the
latest security fixes.
2) There are a heck of a lot more POP-capable programs available than there
are IMAP-capable ones. This is becoming a non-issue, though, since all the
major readers are adding (or have added) IMAP support.
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