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
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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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