Re: recommended imapd?

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Arthur Marsh wrote on 31/07/15 02:26:
> I finally removed the long-unsupported uw-imapd and have so far been
> unsuccessful setting up a replacement that is available in Debian.
>
> Currently I have mailutils-imap4d installed but am unsure of
> configuration needed.
>
> All it needs to do is to access the files in /var/mail/user and be
> accessible from icedove 38.0.1 (running Debian unstable i386 here) with
> reasonably straightforward configuration.
>
> Arthur.
After doing:
[DOWNGRADE] icedove:i386 38.0.1-1 -> 38.0~b5-1
[DOWNGRADE] icedove:i386 38.0~b5-1 -> 31.7.0-1

IMAP is working with mailutils-imap4d 1:2.99.98-2 (not securely, but 
it's all restricted to the one machine).

It appears that icedove 38.x was misbehaving.

Arthur.