Which IMAP Server to choose?

hilfsbremser · n00b Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 60 Location: Hamm

Hello everybody!

I am trying to setup a Mailserver using Postfix. I want to access my Mails via IMAP. I had it up and runng preveiously using a RedHat 9 System. I now switched the OS to Gentoo Linux and would like to have that working again.
My Mails are stored (via procmail) in files linke the following: ~/Mail/Inbox.
Now I want to access the mails stored in such files via IMAP.
Which server should i install and how does that need to be configured?
hope somebody can give a hint.
greetz

flo

gnuageux · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 1201

courier-imap?

emerge -s imap

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Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:08 am Post subject:

Red Hat 9 uses uw-imapd by default, so emerging uw-imapd might be the easiest route to take, but on the other hand Courier offers you plenty of nice features and is probably more secure. But if you don't need to support hundreds/thousands or more user accounts, any pop/imap server should be fine.
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nobspangle · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:28 am Post subject:

courier-imap requires no configuration if you use maildir mailboxes and don't need ssl (and only minimal config to enable ssl) I'm not sure how much work would be needed to change the mailbox support.

dizzogg · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:31 pm Post subject:

another vote for courier. I use it and it's a breeze to set up