IMAP Server suggestions
It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! tdh -- +- \./ | Tim Holmes -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (0Y0) | UIN: 17021091 -- AIM: tdh004 -ooO--(_)--Ooo--+- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:27:54 -0400 Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! If you use Maildir, BincIMAP is insanely easy to get up and running. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:27:54 -0400 Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! dovecot supports maildir and mbox, has active development, a very responsive author, is available from ports, and quite easy to install (i'm happily running it for 6 months on 2 FreeBSD 5.4-REL mailservers) /usr/ports/mail/dovecot/ http://www.dovecot.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
I run courier-imap, works really well for me. On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:27:54 -0400 Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: I run courier-imap, works really well for me. I'm reading this thread because courier-imap works but I'm less than happy with maillog being flooded with: Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (dkelly) Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Error: Input/output error Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Check for proper operation and configuration Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd). Also MacOS X Mail.app often has connection problems. Suspect that problem has something to do with mutt modifying my Maildir between Mail.app connections as once Mail.app has a good connection it stays good. OTOH procmail delivers to my Maildir INBOX which isn't much different than what I do with mutt. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
Hi Tim, You can also check courrier-imap. Afnog has an excellent how to at the link http://ws.afnog.org/afnog2004/t1/mail/index.htm Enjoy! Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:27:54 -0400 Tim Holmes wrote: It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! dovecot supports maildir and mbox, has active development, a very responsive author, is available from ports, and quite easy to install (i'm happily running it for 6 months on 2 FreeBSD 5.4-REL mailservers) /usr/ports/mail/dovecot/ http://www.dovecot.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez le ici ! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On 08/20/05 08:00 AM, David Kelly sat at the `puter and typed: On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: I run courier-imap, works really well for me. I'm reading this thread because courier-imap works but I'm less than happy with maillog being flooded with: Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (dkelly) Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Error: Input/output error Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Check for proper operation and configuration Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd). Also MacOS X Mail.app often has connection problems. Suspect that problem has something to do with mutt modifying my Maildir between Mail.app connections as once Mail.app has a good connection it stays good. OTOH procmail delivers to my Maildir INBOX which isn't much different than what I do with mutt. Never seen these problems. IIRC, there was a thread about error messages coming from famd several months ago. As I understand the message, it's just a famd config issue, but I don't know for sure. I use procmail to pipe through SpamAssassin (spamd) and do some other sorting before delivering to maildirs, but I never have connection problems (unless I forget to recheck configs after upgrading the courier auth package). Of course, I haven't talked my wife into letting me buy that PowerBook yet . . . Courier-imap has been running flawlessly for me for around 3 years. I understand it can handle several hundreds (or thousands) of times more load than I can give it. It's not idiot proof, but running a mail server really shouldn't be, don't you think? Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 It is undignified for a woman to play servant to a man who is not hers. -- Spock, Amok Time, stardate 3372.7 pgprVUvGRhSv1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 08/20/05 08:00 AM, David Kelly sat at the `puter and typed: On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: I run courier-imap, works really well for me. I'm reading this thread because courier-imap works but I'm less than happy with maillog being flooded with: Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (dkelly) Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Error: Input/output error Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Check for proper operation and configuration Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd). Also MacOS X Mail.app often has connection problems. Suspect that problem has something to do with mutt modifying my Maildir between Mail.app connections as once Mail.app has a good connection it stays good. OTOH procmail delivers to my Maildir INBOX which isn't much different than what I do with mutt. Never seen these problems. IIRC, there was a thread about error messages coming from famd several months ago. As I understand the message, it's just a famd config issue, but I don't know for sure. I use procmail to pipe through SpamAssassin (spamd) and do some other sorting before delivering to maildirs, but I never have connection problems (unless I forget to recheck configs after upgrading the courier auth package). Of course, I haven't talked my wife into letting me buy that PowerBook yet . . . Courier-imap has been running flawlessly for me for around 3 years. I understand it can handle several hundreds (or thousands) of times more load than I can give it. It's not idiot proof, but running a mail server really shouldn't be, don't you think? Lou I also use courier-imap which just sit's back and does it's job nicely. Can I ask to take a look at your .procmailrc as I've had some issue's with procmail not filtering my mail into the inbox's properly (all over folder's were find thou) Cheers - -- ++ | | Glyn Tebbutt | | +--+ | www: http://www.plasticmongoose.com| | GPG: http://www.plasticmongoose.com/d3c3it/misc/d3c3it.gpg | | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | || | Damn you, vile woman! You've impeded my work since the| | day I escaped from your wretched womb. - Stewie Griffin| ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDB0luMmCtbXGg1+4RAt0NAKDyhNKpx/ptkxXHYohxRojnYJZDkgCbB1lP CzF2pF6IeYsG6yyX6MkKgYA= =v8Hg -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
I recommend Courier IMAP, largely for it's easy mysql database support. - Original Message - From: Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:27 PM Subject: IMAP Server suggestions It's been a while since I've set up an IMAP server, but I would like to do so again. Can anybody recommend which IMAP server to install? Any suggestions on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! tdh -- +- \./ | Tim Holmes -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (0Y0) | UIN: 17021091 -- AIM: tdh004 -ooO--(_)--Ooo--+- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On 08/20/05 04:17 PM, Glyn Tebbutt sat at the `puter and typed:
Louis LeBlanc wrote:
On 08/20/05 08:00 AM, David Kelly sat at the `puter and typed:
On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
I run courier-imap, works really well for me.
I'm reading this thread because courier-imap works but I'm less than
happy with maillog being flooded with:
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Failed to create cache file:
maildirwatch (dkelly)
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Error: Input/output error
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Check for proper operation and
configuration
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd).
Also MacOS X Mail.app often has connection problems. Suspect that
problem has something to do with mutt modifying my Maildir between
Mail.app connections as once Mail.app has a good connection it stays
good. OTOH procmail delivers to my Maildir INBOX which isn't much
different than what I do with mutt.
Never seen these problems. IIRC, there was a thread about error
messages coming from famd several months ago. As I understand the
message, it's just a famd config issue, but I don't know for sure.
I use procmail to pipe through SpamAssassin (spamd) and do some other
sorting before delivering to maildirs, but I never have connection
problems (unless I forget to recheck configs after upgrading the
courier auth package). Of course, I haven't talked my wife into
letting me buy that PowerBook yet . . .
Courier-imap has been running flawlessly for me for around 3 years. I
understand it can handle several hundreds (or thousands) of times more
load than I can give it. It's not idiot proof, but running a mail
server really shouldn't be, don't you think?
Lou
I also use courier-imap which just sit's back and does it's job nicely.
Can I ask to take a look at your .procmailrc as I've had some issue's
with procmail not filtering my mail into the inbox's properly (all over
folder's were find thou)
Cheers
No problem. You'll find it attached. Hopefully the commentary is
clear enough what my intention is.
Lou
--
Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net
Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net
Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2
QOTD:
Don't let your mind wander -- it's too little to be let out alone.
FOLDER = $1
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/cyrus/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:.
SHELL=/bin/sh
MAILDIR=$HOME/.Maildir
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail_log
DEFAULT=$HOME/.Maildir
# VERBOSE=on
VERBOSE=off
LOGABSTRACT=all
NL=
TIMEOUT=1200
VIRDIR=$MAILDIR/.virus
NIGDIR=$MAILDIR/.spam
PORNDIR=$MAILDIR/.spam
# Need to remove the bogus 'From ' header if it's there.
:0hfw
| formail -I From
#
##NEVER CHANGE ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE ON YOUR OWN##
#
# Place any antispam or other filtering recipes here.
# Don't write to files or pipe to programs unless you
# are ABSOLUTELY SURE you know what you are doing!
:0
* $ ^To:.*add2list
{
# whitelist - subject with add2white [EMAIL PROTECTED] will add the email
# address to my SA whiltelist. Make sure the whitelistpasswd is in the body.
:0
* ^Subject:.*add2white[]*\/[^ ].+
{
ADDR=$MATCH
:0Bi:whitelist.lck
* ^whitelistpasswd
|nice -n 20 spamassassin --add-addr-to-whitelist=$ADDR
:0
/dev/null
}
# blacklist - subject with add2black [EMAIL PROTECTED] will add the email
# address to my SA blacklist. Make sure the whitelistpasswd is in the body.
:0
* ^Subject:.*add2black[]*\/[^ ].+
{
ADDR=$MATCH
:0Bi:blacklist.lck
* ^whitelistpasswd
|nice -n 20 spamassassin --add-addr-to-blacklist=$ADDR
:0
/dev/null
}
}
# I have many honeypot addresses which I seeed into newsgroups when I'm
# bored. They are all aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This catches
# them and automagically teaches them to the bayes db. Make sure any posting
# is presented with a very clear warning that the address is a honeypot and
# what is done with messages recieved.
:0
* FOLDER ?? ^^trap^^
{
# VERBOSE=off
# ls -l ~/.honeypot_hits tells you how many you've caught
LOGFILE=$HOME/.honeypot_hits
LOG=.
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail_log
# VERBOSE=on
# Report spam
:0c:honeypot.lock
| nice -n 20 /usr/local/bin/spamassassin -r
:0:salearn.lock
| nice -n 20 /usr/local/bin/sa-learn --spam --no-rebuild
:0
/dev/null
}
# VERBOSE=on
# Check for some obvious virii - YAVR adaptations
# this never gets anything since I installed clamav and f-prot
INCLUDERC=/usr/local/etc/mail/procmail/nkvir-rc
# VERBOSE=off
# If the message isn't too big, hasn't already been scanned, and isn't a direct
# dump, scan it.
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
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Hash: SHA1
Louis LeBlanc wrote:
On 08/20/05 04:17 PM, Glyn Tebbutt sat at the `puter and typed:
Louis LeBlanc wrote:
On 08/20/05 08:00 AM, David Kelly sat at the `puter and typed:
On Aug 20, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Pat Maddox wrote:
I run courier-imap, works really well for me.
I'm reading this thread because courier-imap works but I'm less than
happy with maillog being flooded with:
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Failed to create cache file:
maildirwatch (dkelly)
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Error: Input/output error
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: Check for proper operation and
configuration
Aug 20 07:41:12 Grumpy imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd).
Also MacOS X Mail.app often has connection problems. Suspect that
problem has something to do with mutt modifying my Maildir between
Mail.app connections as once Mail.app has a good connection it stays
good. OTOH procmail delivers to my Maildir INBOX which isn't much
different than what I do with mutt.
Never seen these problems. IIRC, there was a thread about error
messages coming from famd several months ago. As I understand the
message, it's just a famd config issue, but I don't know for sure.
I use procmail to pipe through SpamAssassin (spamd) and do some other
sorting before delivering to maildirs, but I never have connection
problems (unless I forget to recheck configs after upgrading the
courier auth package). Of course, I haven't talked my wife into
letting me buy that PowerBook yet . . .
Courier-imap has been running flawlessly for me for around 3 years. I
understand it can handle several hundreds (or thousands) of times more
load than I can give it. It's not idiot proof, but running a mail
server really shouldn't be, don't you think?
Lou
I also use courier-imap which just sit's back and does it's job nicely.
Can I ask to take a look at your .procmailrc as I've had some issue's
with procmail not filtering my mail into the inbox's properly (all over
folder's were find thou)
Cheers
No problem. You'll find it attached. Hopefully the commentary is
clear enough what my intention is.
Lou
FOLDER = $1
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/cyrus/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:.
SHELL=/bin/sh
MAILDIR=$HOME/.Maildir
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail_log
DEFAULT=$HOME/.Maildir
# VERBOSE=on
VERBOSE=off
LOGABSTRACT=all
NL=
TIMEOUT=1200
VIRDIR=$MAILDIR/.virus
NIGDIR=$MAILDIR/.spam
PORNDIR=$MAILDIR/.spam
# Need to remove the bogus 'From ' header if it's there.
:0hfw
| formail -I From
#
##NEVER CHANGE ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE ON YOUR OWN##
#
# Place any antispam or other filtering recipes here.
# Don't write to files or pipe to programs unless you
# are ABSOLUTELY SURE you know what you are doing!
:0
* $ ^To:.*add2list
{
# whitelist - subject with add2white [EMAIL PROTECTED] will add the email
# address to my SA whiltelist. Make sure the whitelistpasswd is in the body.
:0
* ^Subject:.*add2white[]*\/[^ ].+
{
ADDR=$MATCH
:0Bi:whitelist.lck
* ^whitelistpasswd
|nice -n 20 spamassassin --add-addr-to-whitelist=$ADDR
:0
/dev/null
}
# blacklist - subject with add2black [EMAIL PROTECTED] will add the email
# address to my SA blacklist. Make sure the whitelistpasswd is in the body.
:0
* ^Subject:.*add2black[]*\/[^ ].+
{
ADDR=$MATCH
:0Bi:blacklist.lck
* ^whitelistpasswd
|nice -n 20 spamassassin --add-addr-to-blacklist=$ADDR
:0
/dev/null
}
}
# I have many honeypot addresses which I seeed into newsgroups when I'm
# bored. They are all aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This catches
# them and automagically teaches them to the bayes db. Make sure any posting
# is presented with a very clear warning that the address is a honeypot and
# what is done with messages recieved.
:0
* FOLDER ?? ^^trap^^
{
# VERBOSE=off
# ls -l ~/.honeypot_hits tells you how many you've caught
LOGFILE=$HOME/.honeypot_hits
LOG=.
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail_log
# VERBOSE=on
# Report spam
:0c:honeypot.lock
| nice -n 20 /usr/local/bin/spamassassin -r
:0:salearn.lock
| nice -n 20 /usr/local/bin/sa-learn --spam --no-rebuild
:0
/dev/null
}
# VERBOSE=on
# Check for some obvious virii - YAVR adaptations
# this never gets anything since I installed clamav and f-prot
INCLUDERC=/usr/local/etc/mail/procmail/nkvir-rc
# VERBOSE=off
# If the message isn't too big, hasn't already been scanned, and isn't a
direct
# dump, scan it. Also, don't scan anything from the SpamAssassin list, since
# it often includes tags that might skew my bayes DB.
:0
* B ?? 256000
* FOLDER ?? !spam
* FOLDER
Re: IMAP Server suggestions
On 08/20/05 06:51 PM, Glyn Tebbutt sat at the `puter and typed: Louis LeBlanc wrote: SNIP That's great thanks very much Very extensive :) I hope you find it useful. That rc has taken me years to tweak out - it used to deliver mail to Cyrus mailboxes until I moved to Courier 2 or 3 years ago. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 design, v.: What you regret not doing later on. pgprAZ07dEMYA.pgp Description: PGP signature
