On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:23:43AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Jun 05 2005, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > I'd say go with UW's IMAP server.
>
> I'd say go with UW's IMAP server *only* if your computer isn't facing the
> Internet -- it has a bad security track history and many people don't trust
> it.
>
> > as far as I can tell there is none. Either it works or it doesn't. :D
>
> Same thing with Courier. There are some things that can be configured, but
> the defaults are sane, especially those employed by the Debian packaged
> version.
>
> Just to be fair, though, Courier's reputation is *not* that good also
> (hint: see what "Binc IMAP" means and you'll get it), but it works fine.
>
> I hope to find some time to evaluate the many IMAP servers side-by-side and
> create a good report of my experiences.
>
> > Anyway, that is what I use here. UW for IMAP, squirrel for web based,
> > mutt for local when I really need it, Thunderbird through IMAP 99.9% of
> > the time.
>
> Here I agree with the method for flexibility of reading e-mail.
>
> Not only Thunderbird, but other MUAs, independently of what platform you're
> confined to use. That's the beauty of IMAP, IMVHO.
>
Short summary of popular IMAP servers:
server why you would use it
------ --------------------
UW IMAP You are a masochist
Cyrus IMAP You need *serious* scalability (e.g., 100,000 users with
accounts on 8 clustered servers using Cyrus Murder)
You want to virtual host or setup mail accounts without
requiring a corresponding shell account
Courier IMAP You want low maint/like Maildir
Dovecot New kid on the block; you like living on the edge
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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