From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 22 13:15:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD3ED16A40B for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:15:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp113.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp113.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E5B413C465 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:15:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 89007 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 12:49:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@68.249.177.115 with login) by smtp113.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 12:49:06 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: jeKTXLoVM1l6jTcWILzl0zqwbSdpx_RyJ5.9Us43xzVf7o63fQpI5O6rxFc1amzEpJBR54ceq0F_7W35_P6nfswIRUMpSK9Ez5kNCQf7e2MbcsCvsGgLpnPufhkki_fiBks5yQ6gNuTs5Vw- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9D9B84D; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:48:18 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xsj4Wa-GnD2f; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:48:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9032B80B; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:48:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <46027B3E.3070201@mikestammer.com> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:49:02 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Banning References: <20070322064044.GA7157@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070322064044.GA7157@skytracker.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help on picking an IMAP server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:15:46 -0000 David Banning wrote: > I have been using imap-uw for some time but now I would like to > have an imap server that can have subfolders. Out with imap-uw.. > > I tried dovecot but I was unable to get it to create subfolders, > although it seems some say you can, may people are having problems > doing so, and I didn't like the fact that it changes the format of > the folders from the mbox standard. > > So I tried cyrus-imap. It did allow me to create subfolders. Cyrus > however seems like it is a system-wide program. Where with imap-uw > and dovecot I could still keep my old non-imap mailboxes in tact > cyrus wants seemingly to control everything, doing away with /var/mail > and setting up it's own email format. > > So I guess I'm hoping to get an imap-uw like imap, but one where I > can creat folders. > > any suggestions? > i vote for dovecot again! =) I use maildir format. I tried a lot of imap servers and dovecot is the easiest to setup and has a very small footprint. I would start over with dovecot, maybe on a different port, using the default config and maildir. get things working, then convert to maildir across the board and change the port back. I use dovecot with: horde+imp, thunderbird 1.5 and 2, and roundcube and am able to create folders, etc without issue. I switched over from courier a while ago. It worked well enough, but dovecot works better for me. Eric