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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 1998 10:40:52 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To:        joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Best POP/IMAP server ?
Message-ID:  <E0yAWCy-0001ZF-00@ns.cityip.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <199803042027.MAA14715@monk.via.net> from Joe McGuckin at "Mar 4, 98 12:27:34 pm"

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Joe McGuckin wrote:
> 
> We're currently using the POP/IMAP server that comes with PINE
> (version 4.38). We get occasional problems due to timeouts caused by 
> large attachments in users mailboxes.

Oh, I didn't know Pine came with a POP/IMAP server.

> Is there a 'better' POP server out there?

The original Berkeley code is now maintained by Qualcomm (the Eudora people),
and is available in the ports under mail/popper.

> Is anybody using IMAP yet ?

Of course!  (Obligatory plug:  Free yourself from MUA tyranny!  Use IMAP! ;-)
U Washington's reference imapd is in the ports under mail/imap-uw.  I've
heard at least one report of it also causing problems with (very) large
attachments (albeit on a machine that was (a) underpowered and (b) ran
Linux.)

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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