Need some input on IMAP

[Mark Musone]

You can change the default format without recompiling by creating an
/etc/c-client.cf
And in it putting:

I accept the risk
set new-folder-format <driver-name>
set empty-folder-format <driver-name>

To fix some web-mail multiple socket issues, besides setting the number
of concurrent connections higher,
You can also lower the timout by putting the following in the
c-client.cf file:

set tcp-read-timeout <number>

Where <number> is the number of seconds.


Note, that the c-client.cf file is really not supposed to be used, and
the authors strongly suggest compiling your
Own version of the software instead of tewaking these values, but I have
really never had any problems,
And the format has almost never changed (considering they only put out a
new version of the software once every couple
Of years!)


That's also why the first line HAS to be "I accept the risk" . Because
they really want you to know
What you are doing..but it's definitely worth a try expeciually if you
just want to experiment a little bit!


P.S. what will you be using to actually read the email?? (i.e. what IMAP
client?)

-Mark




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
Justin Bennett
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:12 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: RE: Need some input on IMAP


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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