exim/courier-imap login problems
I'm currently running exim MTA for a small group. Most are using POP
cleints but I prefer to use IMAP. I would also like to use IMAP with
SSL/TLS support. I have been running the package called "imap" and it
has been working fine except that it takes up 70MB of memory. I'm not
sure whiy but maybe it's got something to do with Exim storing files in
MBOX format ??? My inbox (/var/mail/bjsimon) is 14MB.
From reading some of the posts on this list, I think I can configure
Exim to use maildir format. Does anyone know if this will reduce the
memory used for imapd ?
Will my exisiting mail still be available ? If so, do I have to do
anything special ?
From the debian package information and courier docs, it seems that
courier is quite big and well thoguht out. Can anyone shed some light
on how it compares with Exim as an MTA ? Is it better, faster, more
scaleable than Exim. What are the pros and cons (briefly).
I tried the courier-imap and courier-imap-ssl packages but could not get
any of them to work. My mail client couldn't login. I believe I am
using the PAM authentication module so I shouldn't need the /etc/userdb
file, right ?? It should just work using the standard user logins right ???
Thanks for any help (ps, I'm using Debian 3.0 on PowerPC and Intel systems)
Kind regards,
Brendan Simon.
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