Email suggestions
Hi, all,
I hope this goes through - I've been having problems lately.
I have a production VPS I'm going to upgrade to Wheezy. However, this
VPS has been live for a number of years and has multiple modifications
to config files (i.e. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config won't even run).
So I think the best way to go is just start with a new server, get it
running, then migrate everything over. The old server is running Exim4
and qpopper, using MySQL for authentication and mail routing (this I
want to keep).
Exim4 is doing fine, so I will probably keep that (although I'm open to
other suggestions). However, I've been using qpopper for pop3 but want
to switch to imap.
One question: I've been using mbox format because I like keeping the
incoming email out of the user's home directory. Additionally, many of
the users never sign onto the system other than for email (i.e. no ssh,
ftp, etc.), so they really don't need a /home/xxxx directory. However,
it seems Maildir is becoming more common. Which do you think would be
better?
Next question: Typically mail is not left on the servers, which I
understand is one of the advantages of imap. I've been using POP3
(qpopper), but are there other reasons for going to imap?
One more question: with the above in mind, which would you recommend for
a imap or pop3 server? I've looked at dovecot and courier; both seem to
work. Is there a difference?
And finally - I'm planning to (finally) implement TLS for security
(haven't been using it until now). Or is there something better you
recommend?
I appreciate the suggestions; I've done a lot of searching and everyone
claims to be "best". I'm not a newbie at all (been programming for over
45 years), but a bit naive on the Email side.
TIA.
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