On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Carl Stehle wrote: > Yes, we are running imapd on NT, and other versions of Windows and have > done so from W95 forward. We are using a highly modified version of > inetlisn as a front-end.
Let's just say that I *am* impressed. > > Is there a reason why you aren't running imapd on UNIX? > Yes, not everyone has UNIX. Of course, that isn't a particular barrier; you can get a bare-bones Linux system from Wal-Mart for $200. > The reason we chose UNIX format is purely due to format simplicity > (for SMTP mail delivery). I understand that mbx has better share > characteristics and we will likely move to it (or write a DB driver). I recommend that you take that step. Besides having read/write sharing, mbx will also perform *much* better. > > On UNIX, the older session having a traditional UNIX format file is > > killed. > Thanks for the clarifications. If you search in the UNIX code for "kiss of death" you'll see how it works. I guess that with some effort, you can figure out how to send a signal from one imapd to the other and accomplish the same behavior as on UNIX. I never thought that anyone would need such a thing. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
