Re: IMAP Experiences.
On 27-Nov-99 Christian Hammers wrote:
>> I've had someone ask me about the possibility of IMAP. I must say it's
>> not a service I feel particularly comfortable running - the only IMAP
>> package in Debian seems to be the UW one, which has had more than it's
>> fair share of remote exploits from what I remember.
>
> The UW-imap is AFAIK the only one that can use unix /var/spool/mail/xxx
> folders. If most of your users use pop3 until now it's better to stay
> that way.
> IF I remember correctly you have to modify your sendmail configuration
> to use cyrus imapd ?
>
> Is this correct ?
Yes that is correct.
I really prefer IMAP over POP for my situation, which is, Multiple machines
accessing the same email account. I don't have copies of the email being kept
on all the machines.
Bill Suetholz
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