Need some input on IMAP

[Justin Bennett]

UW is stable and quick, one problem is that by default it used mbox format
meaning a imap 'folder' is actually one file with text emails one after
another. This means that you can't have folders with subfolders. Other
than that It's stable I run it in an enviroment with 250 users.
    We had people in our europe office who did pop with netscape with 50+
folders, and they had folders inside of folders, sometimes 5 deep. We
converted them to squirrelmail (web based imap mail) using UW imap
server, this became an issue. But other than that it's fine.
    If you use redhat or some of the other distributions it comes standard
as part of the distribution, and that means if you use a service like
redhat's up2date (Red Hat Network) you can easily keep your box
current for all security fixes and such, if you compile and install
software you'll have to manually keep track of what you have and keep
it up to date. I know mandrakes got a similar service. There are
others out there Cyrus for example that do subfolders out of the box.
But for what you doing UW is probably fine, Cyrus also used to have
some issues with ximian evolution mail client for linux, don't know if
they got that cleared up. Other than the subfolder issue theres not
too much difference.


Justin


Charles Rishel said:
> 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
>>
>>"If you want others to follow, give them leadership that they can
>> believe in."
>
> "If you want others to follow, give them leadership that they can
> believe in."
>
>
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