Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:46:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Mark Hughes <mh_lists@digitalspy.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IMAP server... Is there one? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0111061044050.17249-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0111051736480.17249-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jan Grant wrote: > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Mark Hughes wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jan Grant wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Mark Hughes wrote: > > > > Okay guys, I'm pulling my hair out now... I've been looking for a simple, > > > > lightweight, IMAPD implementation. I just want to access normal mailboxes > > > > (rules out courier-imap and cyrus-imap), I don't want to use IMAP-UW > > > > because of that HUGE security warning it blurts over the screen when > > > > installing the port. > > > > > > > > There's dkimap4 which looks promising but the lack of any documentation for > > > > it anywhere in the world means I haven't been able to get it working. > > > > > > > > So, please, anyone, any ideas, what should I use to get IMAP access to > > > > standard mail accounts on a FreeBSD box? It doesn't have to be heavy duty, > > > > won't be used too much at all, it just needs to work :+) > > > > > Alas, IMAP isn't particularly lightweight. However, once you get any of > > > them working, the things you've ruled out work quite well :-/ > > > > Really? Oh dear... Anyone got any ideas on how to setup dkimap4 from the > > ports? I've tried installing it and it doesn't work "out of the box", and > > there was no docs with it or on the net anywhere.. > > > > Of the other three, which one would you recommend? > > I use cyrus here; courier is good too (perhaps a little lighter) and > probably easier to get going than cyrus; it also coexists nicely with > qmail. I wouldn't touch UW-IMAP with a bargepole. I'll have a look at > the dkimap4 tomorrow... You said you want to use mbox files (presumably to interoperate with other mail clients that use mbox)? dkimap uses movemail, which will take stuff out of /var/mail/* and chuck it into its own repository. Is taht what you're after? Line of least resistance for you might well be courier and qmail. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Hang on, wasn't he holding a wooden parrot? No! It was a porcelain owl. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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