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Re: mutt + dovecot/squirrelmail + mbox ?



On Sunday 05 Jun 2005 05:51, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> So I finally bit the bullet and installed IMAP so that I could use one
> of the non-openwebmail webmails.  Squirrelmail's docs make a big point
> of how if you're running mbox and don't make sure the locking
> mechanisms are well-coordinated, you run a risk of turning your
> mailboxes into hamburger.

I'm not entirely sure of what you're trying to do here.  But if you just need 
IMAP functionality for some web interface, and want it to be fast and 
lock-safe, then there's another option: dbmail.

It'll store mails in a mysql database for you (postgresql too, but it seems to 
be optimised for mysql).  Shouldn't be any access issues, since dbmail's IMAP 
interface and its own client utilities do all the access.  Chances are, if 
you're running web stuff, you'll be using mysql anyway.

The only downside is that you lose direct access to the files, so running 
spamassassin on your spam folder becomes a lot harder, *if* you want to keep 
your spam folder in IMAP too, that is.

Anyone have a script for processing remote IMAP folders with spamassassin, by 
the way? ;)

-- 
Lee.

Please do not CC replies directly to me.  I'll read them on the list.



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