On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:27:37 -0400 Terry Carmen articulated: > On 03/15/2012 03:06 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: > > Firstly, this isn't meant to be critical, and I realize the subject > > line probably suggest criticism, so... > > > > I was sort of forced into using dovecot as my imap/pop server due > > to upgrading 3 versions of OS on my mail servers. So far, that's > > not bad. What surprises me is that one of the first things I > > usually do whenever I start using different software is to purchase > > a book that seems to suit me. Searching all of the common places > > like amazon, ebay, etc for manuals turned up little to nothing on > > dovecot. > > > > I'm wondering why and is this so new that people just haven't > > written books about it yet? > > > > The one thing I'm a little critical of, though, is that trying to > > make heads or tails of dovecot by following the online > > documentation is a little problematic. I'm constantly jumping to > > another page and then back to the original page, and for the most > > part, I just don't know enough about it all yet to know what I'm > > looking for. > > The best docs are on the wiki and this mailing list. If you find the > information in the wiki to be lacking, the best thing you can do is > find the solution yourself and/or on this mailing list, and then make > a wiki entry so the next person will know how to solve the same > problem you had. > > Dovecot is a complex piece of software, and understanding some > functionality requires reading the wiki, asking on the mailing list > and/or examining the source code. You can also obtain paid support > from these companies: http://dovecot.org/support.html > > I'll be the first to admit that complex and specialized > configurations are sometimes difficult to figure out, however this > list has always been a tremendous amount of help.
The lack of truly informative documentation has been the Achilles' heel of open-source software since its inception. I feel your pain. I have always loved a hard copy, i.e. book documenting the subject I am studying. Jumping from screen to screen sucks, plus how do I highlight a passage on the monitor for future reference? There have been a few books written to document Postfix, but to the best of my knowledge, none exist for Dovecot. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
