Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:44:10 -0500 From: Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing from POP3 server to IMAP server Message-ID: <1860000.1064868250@[192.168.0.5]> In-Reply-To: <20030929202546.73033.qmail@web10001.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030929202546.73033.qmail@web10001.mail.yahoo.com>
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--On Monday, September 29, 2003 01:25:46 PM -0700 Naveen Glore <freebsdsl1@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a freeBSD server. Currently I am using POP3 server with MS outlook > as mail client. I would like to change POP3 to IMAP so that i can have a > centralized email system. They are two separate protocols. What you need is an IMAP server. You can leave your POP server on too if you wish. You can have both. > Could anyone suggest me some good documentation for converting POP3 > to IMAP. Please let me know if there are any important things i need > to keep in mind while making that change. The docs come with the type of IMAP server you wish to use. I would classify IMAP servers as to how they handle your mail. Some like UW uses, I believe, mbox format. Cyrus uses its own format, and I believe can convert mbox format to its own. If you currently run Maildir format type mail, there are two that come to mind, Bincimap and Courier.. -- Gary
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