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Re: courier-imap and windows mail client



also sprach dman <dman@dman.ddts.net> [2002.04.28.0022 +0200]:
> I just install courier-imap on my system to let my dad receive mail on
> it.  The documentation is exceedingly sparse.  I couldn't even find
> any mention of where it expects the folders to be.  I managed to work
> out that I need a symlink from ~/Maildir to /var/mail/$USER.

just change the init.d script to reflect that... no symlinks needed.
they are evil.

> Is there any way I can change it to use /var/mail/$USER for the INBOX
> and normally-named directories under ~/Mail for subfolders?  I found
> that if I create a subfolder named "foo" it will be stored in
> ~/Maildir/.foo.

nope, that's IMAP, not courier...

>    Netscape Messenger       (works but not the greatest, slow and bloated)

the best IMAP support i know.

>    Eudora                   (is it ok?)

afaik, it doesn't do IMAP really. it downloads via IMAP.

>    The Bat!                 (don't know much)

same thing, it doesn't manage on the server, it downloads via IMAP
like POP3.

i have not yet found one such client either. so i am listening...

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