Courier vs Cyrus IMAP

nielchiano · Veteran Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 1287 Location: 50N 3E

Hi,

I don't have a problem, but I'm just curious:
Who is using what IMAP server and (IMPORTANT) for what reason!

Why is cyrus/courier better?

r3pek · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:10 pm Post subject:

i'm using courier IMAP server. why? well.... i think it's easyer to configure. normally a like thinks that are easy 'cause i'm a little lasy

besides that, i think it's a really light server... and does his work

georwell · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject:

I use cyrus. Why? Because I don't want to create system users for every email account I create. I also love being able to use SIEVE for email filtering on the IMAP server. This is particularly useful combined with spamassassin integrated with MailScanner. I also like cyrus' black box approach to email and using internal databases to index e-mails. Throw in ACLs for easy shared folders, mailbox quotas, and perl modules and you can administrate many mailboxes with ease.

I have heard great things about courier and I bet it can do the same. Just use what you are comfortable with. Cyrus has bit of a learning curve but is very powerful and configurable once you learn to use it. There is reason Kolab and OS X server decided to use it.

Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:52 pm Post subject:

If you have time and need for Cyrus, go for it. For normal use any server software out there is enough, but if you really need enterprise-class software which can handle insane amounts of simultaneous users, go for Cyrus. Otherwise it's simply overkill for you.
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