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Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP
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Marcus Frings |
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Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP |
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Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:56:51 +0200 |
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* jesse@phiwumbda.org (Jesse F. Hughes) wrote:
> Does anyone know of a site that compares various IMAP servers? I'd
> like to follow Kai's advice and try out an IMAP server alongside
> unison + agent and see which one works better for me. I'd like to
> choose, say, a couple of mail groups for each method and see how it
> goes.
Well, there are some popular IMAP servers:
Courier IMAP
UW IMAP
Cyrus IMAP
Dovecot IMAP
A very short and incomplete review (anyone is welcome to comment this):
UW IMAP: The oldest IMAP server.You don't want this. Too many security
bugs in the past. Stores mails in mbox format only. Developers
are said to be ignorant in fixing known bugs. Easy and quick
setup.
Courier IMAP: _My_ favourite choice. Small, fast. Stores mails in
Maildir format only. Very few security related bugs in the
past. Easy und quick setup.
Cyrus IMAP: Too overloaded for home usage. It's full of features and a
very great IMAP server but setup is a little more
complicated compared to others. Mails are stored in Cyrus'
own format which is neither mbox nor Maildir.
Dovecot IMAP: A new one in the series of IMAP servers but still at an
early stage. Stores mail in either mbox or Maildir
format. Developers already took care of security while
developing Dovecot.
I recommend Courier or Dovecot.
HTH,
Marcus
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- To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/14
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Kai Grossjohann, 2004/07/15
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/15
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Richard Watson, 2004/07/16
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/16
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, David Magda, 2004/07/16
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Kai Grossjohann, 2004/07/17
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/18
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP,
Marcus Frings <=
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/18
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Marcus Frings, 2004/07/19
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/18
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Christopher Browne, 2004/07/18
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/19
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Marcus Frings, 2004/07/19
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Richard Watson, 2004/07/19
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Jesse F. Hughes, 2004/07/20
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Kai Grossjohann, 2004/07/19
- Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP, Josh Huber, 2004/07/20