From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 03:17:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1DB16A468 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from evs@telod.net) Received: from kohav.telod.net (h-72-245-221-62.chcgilgm.covad.net [72.245.221.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9228913C45A for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from evs@telod.net) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (wall.hm.telod.net [72.245.221.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by kohav.telod.net (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l5R34jdv055627; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:04:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from evs@telod.net) In-Reply-To: <20070627021432.GA73579@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20070627021432.GA73579@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <21EA5E66-5F27-402C-8324-2A21143CC5C8@telod.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Edward Shabotinsky Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:04:52 -0500 To: "Michael W. Lucas" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended IMAP server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:17:31 -0000 hi, try dovecot i like it. very light and easy to configure On Jun 26, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > Hi, > > I find myself needing to implement IMAP on FreeBSD. Any suggestions > on the "preferred" IMAP server? > > It appears that we have three "main" IMAP daemons in ports: imap-wu, > cyrus-imapd, and courier-imap. I need to pick one. My mail system > uses Sendmail+sasl2 and milter-greylist. I want to stick as close to > a "stock" FreeBSD as possible, so I'm not into reading users from LDAP > or anything like that. > > It seems that imap-wu lets you synch up to /var/mail/username, but > only that. > > Courier uses maildir, which means installing procmail and having a > .procmailrc for every account. > > It appears that cyrus-imap23 uses its own delivery agent to build a > maildir-like structure. > > Does this pretty much summarize my choices, or are there other things > I should be aware of before implementing any of these on FreeBSD? > > Thanks, > ==ml > > -- > Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org, mwlucas@FreeBSD.org > http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ > Coming Soon: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- http:// > www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com > On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 pairs of my soiled undies "for security > reasons." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"