[imp] Re: Suggestions for wu-imap altenatives

[Mike DiChiappari]

Dan,

I think you've made your case for Courier.  I'll give it a try.  The only
obstacle for me is building it.  Do you know if there is an RPM that will
work on RedHat 9.0?

I generally try to stay away from building software.  Without turning this
into a rant, I've failed every single time in the past.  The problem is due
to versions and dependencies.  Ex: I build something (such as the Apache
Postgres/PHP mod).  It requires a specific version of the C library.  I
build that C library.  The C library breaks 50 other things on my server
that require the older library, etc.  In the case of the Postgres/PHP mod I
ended up rebuilding Apache and Postgres.  Couldn't use them though because
of dependency conflicts with the OS.

Thanks,
Mike


"Dan H" <dhammer at kdhtech.com> wrote in message
news:20040923041134.8wow848s0cwgc0kw at mail.kdhtech.com...
> Mike,
>
> Honestly (in my opinion) switching to courier-imap isn't that painful.  I
used
> to be a regular user of wu-imap.  There was some trial and error
> involved but I
> am much happier since I made the change.  Also the maildir system is a
> much more
> efficient system. For example... If someone has 100 emails in their inbox
all
> the data is stored in one large file.  That will start to slow things
> down.  If
> you have someone lazy like me who never gets around to putting the mail
into
> folders the size can get out of hand.  With the maildir system all the
emails
> are stored in small individual files.  So whether someone has 10 emails or
> 10,000 they don't slow down.  If you are running a small mail server then
now
> is the absolute best time to change.  Worst time to change is once it gets
> large.  There is also a program out there that will convert your mail
files
> from Mbox to Maildir.  I used it a few months back to do my conversion.
>   It was
> painless.  Give it a try.  It may be a little work at first but you will
be
> happier in the long run.
>
> Regards,
> Dan H
>
> > I briefly looked into Courier-imap.  It looks like it could be
"significant"
> > work for me.  I don't want this to be a major project.  I just want to
> > upgrade a small email server so people can get their via a web front end
> > (Horde/IMP).
> >
> > The main problem seems to be that Courier-imap expects mail to be in a
> > different format (note I'm a novice here).  It expect "maildirs" while
> > uw-imap stores email in a different format.
> >
> > Any suggestions for an IMAP implementation that can easily be swapped in
for
> > uw-imap?  Keeping with the notion of making this a relatively painless
> > effort (if possible) an RPM for Redhat would be most convenient.
> >
> > Mike
>
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