Andy Saxena wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:13:21PM +0200, Juri Haberland wrote: >> >> It is said that the server with the most features is Cyrus-IMAPd, which >> is quite hard to istall and to configure. > > I have cyrus server running for personal use, and I am by no means an > admin. One of the bigger differences between running Cyrus and other > servers is that Cyrus authentication doesn't require a user to have a > shell account on the server.
You can have that with Courier, too. Courier can authenticate against a DB (e.g. MySQL) or against LDAP or it can use its own database files. >> Cyrus stores it's mails in a cryptic database format whereas Courier uses >> an enhanced version of Qmail's Maildir concept. > > This is true, but not necessarily evil. I moved my email folders from > one machine to another, and the instructions were simple. But having every mail as a single file makes backup and user support easy. And don't forget the possebility to just run grep over your Maildir to search for something specific. Cheers, Juri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
