God, that's ancient data for Cyrus. I should go update that. Cyrus 2.4.17 fails a couple of edge cases (searching for "" and some complex list-extended cases where we're not iterating both the mailboxes and subscriptions databases concurrently correctly). Cyrus git master only fails the list-extended.
In other words, don't believe every wiki you read on the internet! Bron. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012, at 07:19 AM, Chris Ross wrote: > > Thank you for that. That mostly rules out Cyrus, as it seems much the > lesser of Dovecot and UW-IMAP. > > But, it mostly just declares it's statements about accordance with the > standards. While I appreciate that, I'm more interested in how it behaves > with common mail clients. And, the note about dovecot Expunge Fetch says > "depends on storage", but gives no more information. What sorts of storage > options are available, and what the pros and cons of them are, was one of my > original questions. > > Is there some "give me all the details to read through" document somewhere? > What it does, it's capabilities, and how it does things? > > Thanks again to all for any help. > > - Chris > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 07:48 , David Morsberger <d...@morsberger.com> wrote: > > > Check out: > > > > http://imapwiki.org/ImapTest/ServerStatus > > > > -- > > David Morsberger > > 301-758-7387 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 2:00 AM, Chris Ross <cross+dove...@distal.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> I've been using UW-IMAPd for neigh on forever (at least since 2001). > >> But, as it's basically stalled, and I'm about to update the hardware that > >> is my mail server, I thought it was time to review existing open-source > >> IMAP servers. Dovecot is the top three in my looking. > >> > >> The other of the top three candidates, because I know of people who've > >> used it, is Cyrus IMAP. So, I should note that my thoughts are "uw-imapd, > >> because I already know how to use it", "Cyrus, because someone I > >> know/trust liked it years ago", and dovecot, because "it seems stable, > >> professional, and to meet all of my needs". > >> > >> I guess the biggest question I have is how files/folders are stored in > >> the filesystem. uw-imapd has a "mbx" format that all of my folders are > >> in, and also has support for mbox and maildir (i think). mbx had some > >> advantages for speed access, which would be unimportant I assume with > >> dovecot's indexes, but IIRC there was also some reason the mbox format > >> coped poorly with multiple clients accessing the same folder at the same > >> time. > >> > >> So, am I right that dovecot supports only the "one big full file" mbox > >> format, and the maildir format? And if so, is it known to allow multiple > >> simultaneous IMAP clients to access and monitor and/or modify the same > >> folder simultaneously? > >> > >> After those questions, it's just a "what do you think the pros and cons > >> of each are?" I know asking in this forum, that I will get most if not > >> all votes for Dovecot. And that's fine, as long as you have specific > >> reasons why it would be better for someone with only a handful of users > >> and minimal time available to administer the systems in question. > >> > >> Thanks! I appreciate any and all feedback. > >> > >> - Chris > >> > -- Bron Gondwana br...@fastmail.fm
