Need some input on IMAP

[Charles Rishel]

UW IMAP is what I am reading up on now.  I figure it will likely be the one 
I use, but am looking for any input from people with experience with imap, 
as I have no previous experience with it.

To your second question, yes.  We are in the process of creating the 
website, hosted with a provider, I am going to .forward all incoming email 
to that site to an email account with my ISP.  I then want to be able to 
download all the messages to my Linux server using fetchmail.  I would then 
be able to use the existing POP3 implementation that is currently running 
on my system, however, I want to enable us to BOTH be able to 
see/read/respond as necessary to the business emails.  I figure IMAP would 
be best for that, as then she or myself can mark messages as read or 
replied to, but the other will still be able to see/read/access the 
applicable email message.  I hope I have not confused anyone on that.

POP3 deficiency: if you leave message on server, there is no way to know if 
the message has been recieved or replied to.  I want to circumvent this 
problem.  At the same time, I don't want messages removed from the server.

At 06:32 PM 10/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>What you'll probably want is the UW IMAP server. (the same people that
>make PINE)
>
>You should be able to download it directly from
>http://www.washington.edu/imap/
>But I'm sure it also comes as standard packages in linux distributions.
>
>BTW, when you say you'r using fetchmail to retreive emails fomr the
>server, do you
>Mean from your ISP??
>
>-Mark
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
>Charles Rishel
>Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:03 PM
>To: nflug at nflug.org
>Subject: Need some input on IMAP
>
>
>Hey all,
>
>I have seen many people talking about fetchmail and such for retrieval
>of
>email to a local server.  Me and my g/f are starting a home-based sales
>business and a web-site.  I would like to setup an imap server so that
>we
>can both access emails for the business, off of my local server.  I will
>
>likely use fetchmail to retrieve the emails from the server and store
>them
>locally to be accessed via imap.
>
>I am looking for input on the various imap implementations that are out
>there.  Just like anything in Linux there is much to choose from.
>Having
>no need for an imap server previously, I am looking for any real-world
>advice from those who have dealt with the various imap software
>packages.
>
>(Side note)
>I find it funny that I always hear that "there's no software for Linux"
>all
>the time, I find it ironic because one of the biggest problems I have
>found
>with Linux is the over-abundance of software.  There are usually 3+
>programs that can do equivalent things, it is just a matter of
>preference,sometimes stability, and ease of installation that usually
>sets
>them apart.
>
>Thanks,
>Chaz03
>
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