Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:39:15 -0500 From: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Implementing IMAP advice for first timer Message-ID: <44749A43.10108@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: <44749424.9030209@voidcaptain.com> References: <20060524032337.M97496@enabled.com> <447456F7.8030908@mikestammer.com> <44749424.9030209@voidcaptain.com>
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Pete Slagle wrote: > Eric wrote: > >> I recommend checking out dovecot as well. i switched from courier to >> dovecot recently and couldnt be happier. > > What motivated you to switch, and how do you find that dovecot improves > on courier-imap? > > Just curious, I have been considering trying dovecot, but courier works > well enough that I haven't. > i heard about dovecot and the fact that it was faster so i started looking into it, seeing how hard it was to convert, etc. I am glad i did. it is a lot faster both via Horde+Imp and thunderbird. Dont get me wrong, courier worked very well for me for a long time, but dovecot uses less resources and is a lot faster. its also only one port vs several for courier if you use authlib and stuff. check out the dovecot page for conversion info. it was very easy. Eric
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