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Message: 29
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:23:47 -0800
From: "Noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Implementing IMAP advice for first timer
To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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FreeBSD-4.11
Well I want to get IMAP running on my FreeBSD box and would like to have a
safe, non service-interrupting strategy to implementing it. I am leaning
toward installing cyrus imapd. I have some questions about how to get things
working.
1) Can somebody please recommend a good FAQ about how-to get IMAP running
my
FreeBSD machine?
I'm actually writing a step-by-step guide on how I installed
Sendmail+TLS+SASL+Cyrus-IMAP. The document is still at a very early
beta stage, but it could help you out. Tell me if you'd be interested.
Meanwhile, take a look at the following ports which I used in my
setup:
mail/cyrus-imapd23
security/cyrus-sasl2
security/cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd
mail/sendmail
Note that mail/sendmail is listed here because to have a TLS/SSL and
SASLAUTH enabled sendmail daemon, you need to recompile it.
2) Are there things I should be aware of before I start the process?
You should be confortable with the configuration of Sendmail and with
the use of OpenSSL. I would also recommend to try your setup on a test
machine rather then your production environment.
3) I don't completely understand how IMAP works – is there a good tutorial
about this subject?
Read the documentation that comes with the cyrus-IMAP port. You can
also read the Cyrus-IMAP Wiki at http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki/
But to understand "how IMAP works", then read the relevant RFC which
you can find a list here http://www.imap.org/biblio.html
4) I don't completely understand how local mail delivery will change – is
there a good tutorial about this subject?
This is not exactly true. If you switch to Cyrus from something
else, you will have to make sure that your mail is delivered to
Cyrus instead if however it was being done before (local mbox or
maildir for example). I have not run Cyrus in many years but they
had their own delivery agent that your local mail agent (mda/mta like
sendmail, exim, etc) would hand off to. Has this changed or does it
still work that way?
Yes, that is still how it works. When installing mail/cyrus-imapd23
you need to change your sendmail configuration to change your MAILER
from `local' to `cyrusv2'.
Regards,
David
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David Robillard
UNIX systems administrator
CISSP
Sun Certified Security Administrator
Sun Certified Systems Administrator
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